DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind. — One person was killed another another was injured in a crash involving two semis on Interstate 69 in Delaware County Saturday evening.
Around 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, June 17, first responders were called to the crash along I-69 northbound near the rest park north of State Road 28.
ISP troopers found a semi tractor-trailer had rear-ended another semi tractor-trailer stopped in traffic.
The driver of the striking semi, identified as 65-year-old Darrell Charles Kositzke, of Michigan, was trapped in the crash and pronounced dead at the scene by the Delaware County coroner, ISP said.
The driver of the other semi, a 58-year-old Michigan man, was transported to IU Ball Memorial Hospital with minor injures.
A preliminary investigation leads state police to believe the semi driven by the 58-year-old man slowed and stopped due to a construction backup before Kositzke's semi crashed into the back of it.
State police said it is believed Kositzke was distracted at the time of the crash.
The northbound lanes of I-69 were closed for several hours Saturday evening during the investigation and cleanup.