SCHERERVILLE, Ind. (WLS) -- An off-duty correctional officer was killed in a hit-and-run crash Saturday morning in Northwest Indiana.

The crash happened near Route 30 and Austin Avenue in Schererville, Indiana, the Lake County Sheriff's Department said.

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An off-duty correctional officer with the Lake County Sheriff's Department was driving when his vehicle was struck by another driver, Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said.

The off-duty officer was flown to a hospital in Chicago, where he was later pronounced dead.

The victim has been identified as 58-year-old Ronald T. Jones, the sheriff's department said. He worked at the Lake County Jail for almost nine years.

"Jones leaves behind two adult children. His coworkers remember him as a

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