Blake Adair Reynolds
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Corporal

Blake Adair Reynolds

Accident Veteran
End of Watch November 12, 2025
Age 31
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Corporal Blake Reynolds was struck and killed while helping a disabled motorist on northbound Interstate 69.

Around 4:00 a.m., Corporal Reynolds parked behind a disabled semitruck with his patrol vehicle's lights activated. While assisting the driver, another tractor-trailer crashed into his patrol car, the disabled semitruck, and Corporal Reynolds, who was standing outside of his patrol vehicle.

He was transported to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Corporal Reynolds was a United States Army National Guard veteran and had served with the Delaware County Sheriff's Office for four years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, parents, and brother.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-IN-16394791
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Corporal Reynolds gave the Delaware County Sheriff's Office 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Muncie community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Muncie, IN
Platform Identity dcso.delaware.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 12, 2025
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Blake Adair Reynolds served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Corporal Blake Adair Reynolds is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In IN, 151 of 503 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Delaware County Sheriff's Office
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
IN — Statewide
151
of 503 officers
30% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Blake Adair Reynolds's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Blake Adair Reynolds Compares

Age at End of Watch
31
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
4
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Blake Adair Reynolds is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location