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1 dead following I-465 crash

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – One man was killed in an early Thursday morning crash on I-465.

According to the Indiana State Police, the crash happened just before 2 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-465 near the 1.7 mile maker.

Officers responded to the area after receiving a report of a vehicle, striking a guardrail, crossing the median and all eastbound lanes of I-465, finally coming to a stop in a ditch.

After arriving on scene, the driver, 37-year-old Dennis Morford Jr., was located near the vehicle, but was observed having a difficult time breathing. Police say Morford’s condition continued to worsen and then went into cardiac arrest.

He was transported to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

The crash remains under investigation.