MUNCIE, IN — A Delaware County sheriff's deputy was killed shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, when his patrol car was struck by a semi while he was helping a motorist along Interstate 69.

"Despite immediate emergency response efforts, the deputy did not survive his injuries," Chief Deputy Jeff Stanley of the sheriff's department said in a release.

The accident was reported in the northbound lanes of the interstate near the 247-mile marker, north of the Indiana 28 interchange in northwestern Delaware County.

According to Stanley, the deputy was apparently assisting a stranded motorist when his patrol car was struck by the northbound semi.

Indiana State Police will investigate the fatality.

"This is a heartbreaking loss for our law enforcement family and for the entire Delaware Co

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