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.
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- 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
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Incident Details
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%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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