CLINTON COUNTY, Ind. — An investigation is underway after one person was killed in a crash on Interstate 65 in Clinton County Wednesday.
Indiana State Police said it happened around 2:30 p.m. near the highway's 152 mile-marker, which is about six miles south of State Road 28.
A spokesperson said a preliminary investigation indicates a semi tractor-trailer going south on the interstate went off the east side of the road, crossed the median and entered the northbound lanes, where it hit another semi. The head-on collision resulted in both trucks becoming engulfed in flames.
Police said the driver of the northbound semi was killed in the crash. The Clinton County coroner identified the victim as 54-year-old Karl Carter, of Matteson, Illinois.
The driver of the other truck was taken to an Indianapolis hospital. That person's condition is unknown.
Northbound lanes of I-65 were closed between Frankfort and Lebanon during the investigation.