Overview
- Corporal Blake Reynolds stopped behind a disabled semi near the 247-mile marker around 3:30 a.m. with his emergency lights activated to protect the motorist.
- While Reynolds was outside his cruiser, a northbound semitruck lost control and struck his patrol vehicle and the disabled semi.
- First responders attempted life-saving measures and transported Reynolds to a hospital, where he died; the striking truck’s driver underwent surgery and his condition was not released.
- Authorities have not detailed the cause of the loss of control, and local reporting linked the disabled semi to Prairie Farms, which has not commented.
- Indiana State Police are handling calls to give the sheriff’s office time to grieve, as officials remembered Reynolds as a four-year veteran who joined the department in 2022.