A sheriff's deputy in Indiana was fatally struck by a semitruck while assisting a stranded motorist on Wednesday morning, officials said.

The accident was reported in the northbound lanes of I-69 near the 247-mile marker, north of the Indiana 28 exit. The deputy was helping a stranded driver.

Delaware County Sheriff's Corporal Blake Reynolds, 31, stopped to help a semi-truck driver as the semi was stopped partially in the roadway. While Reynolds was outside of his vehicle, a northbound semi-truck – driven by a 39-year-old man from New Haven, Indiana – lost control and hit the corporal's car and the other semi-truck.

A Delaware County Sheriff's Office officer was killed Wednesday when he was struck by a semi trailer while helping a stranded motorist on Interstate 69.

A deputy with the Delaware County Sheriff's Office died in a crash on I-69 north near Yorktown early Wednesday morning.

Reynolds was assisting the driver of a disabled semi, along the interstate's northbound lanes, when he was struck by another northbound semi.

A Delaware County sheriff’s deputy died in a crash on I-69 early Wednesday morning. The crash happened on I-69 north at mile marker 247 between IN 32 and IN 26 near

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"The outpouring of support has been overwhelming," said Jeff Stanley, chief deputy for the Delaware County Sheriff's Department.

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office reported the death of Corporal Blake Reynolds, who died early Wednesday morning. Reynolds was helping a stranded motorist on Interstate 69 when his patrol car