INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police are investigating a fatal crash along Interstate 465 on Indianapolis' southeast side early Friday.
State Police said 31-year-old Joseph E. Dely of Muncie was killed in the two-vehicle crash.
***CORRECTION: State Police originally identified Dely's age as 21, but corrected that after their initial crash report.***
Dely was driving a Jeep and first responders found him entrapped in the wreckage. Paramedics said he was found unresponsive shortly after the crash around 3:45 a.m. and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the other vehicle, 22-year-old Teriyon Carter of Indianapolis, was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to State Police.
Investigators determined both Dely's Jeep and Carter's Chevy Malibu were southbound on I-465 when the Malibu made contact with the left rear of the Jeep, causing the Jeep to spin off the roadway and roll several times.
Police believe Carter may have been distracted by a cellphone prior to the crash.
Tests for intoxication are pending.
All lanes of I-465 southbound, along with the ramp from I-74, were closed for several hours early Friday morning, but reopened before rush hour.