Delaware County – Today around 2:30 p.m. troopers responded to a report of a serious injury crash on I-69 north bound at the 245 mile maker, just north of the Gaston –SR 28 exit. Trooper Justin Beamon arrived on the scene to find a passenger car into the rear of a semi box trailer in the right lane of I-69 north bound. The driver of the passenger car was deceased. Indiana State Police Crash Reconstruction Investigators were summoned to the scene.
The preliminary investigation by Trooper Beamon indicates a Toyota Corolla, driven by Kevan (correct spelling) McDaniel, age 41 of Plainfield, was north bound on I-69 in the right lane when he failed to slow down for traffic that was slowed for a construction zone ahead. McDaniel attempted to stop but was unable to do so before hitting the rear of the semi.
The driver of the semi, Kirk Brown, age 28 of Naples, FL., was uninjured. Trooper Beamon was assisted at the scene by Indiana State Police Crash Reconstruction Investigators Master Troopers Coley McCutcheon, Michael Bradbury and Jeremy Hall, as well as Troopers Hanna and Stephenson; the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department, Gaston P.D., Delaware County EMS, Yorktown and Gaston Fire Departments and the Delaware County Coroner.
Source: Indiana State Police Sgt. John Bowling, public information officer, Pendleton District