BOONE COUNTY, Ind. — A deadly crash shut down all southbound lanes of Interstate 65 overnight north of the State Road 47/Thorntown exit Monday.
The crash occurred Sunday night around 9:30 p.m. near the rest area and involved four semi trailers and a passenger car, according to the Boone County Sheriff's office.
Boone County dispatch confirmed one fatality in the rear-most truck.
According to the sheriff, Trever Perkins, 30, of Indianapolis, was coming up on slower traffic and failed to stop, causing the crash. Perkins was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Nobody else was injured.
Southbound traffic diverted at State Road 28 to use U.S. 52 and county roads to bypass the crash scene.
The road reopened around noon.
