SB I-65 reopens in Boone County after pedestrian hit, killed
LATEST: Police identified to pedestrian hit and killed as Ritchie Barton of Indianapolis.
UPDATE: All lanes of southbound I-65 near Lebanon reopened shortly after 9:30 a.m. after a closure of more than four hours.
Police have not provided any additional information about the pedestrian who was hit and killed or the vehicle involved in the incident.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — All lanes of southbound I-65 in Boone County are closed Wednesday morning after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle.
The interstate is shut down between State Road 32/Exit 140 and State Road 39/Exit 139 in Lebanon.
The Lebanon Police Department says officers found a body in the roadway around 5 a.m. just south of the exit for State Road 32 and called for fatal crash investigators.
At 7:45 a.m., traffic on SB I-65 was stopped past U.S. 52 with police diverting drivers off the interstate at State Road 32.
Anyone who may have seen what happened was asked to contact the Lebanon Police Department at 765-482-8836.