WHITELAND, Ind. — An Indianapolis woman was killed in a crash involving a semi along Interstate 65 in Johnson County early Sunday morning.
Shortly before 4:30 a.m. Aug. 27, Indiana State Police troopers responded to I-65 southbound around the 94 mile-marker, which is near the Whiteland Road exit, for reports of a serious crash.
At the scene, deputies found a passenger car underneath a semi trailer, heavily damaged and engulfed in flames.
The fire was put out and a woman, identified by the Johnson County coroner as 23-year-old Destiny Johnson, of Indianapolis, was found dead inside the car.
No other injuries were reported in the crash.
A preliminary investigation indicated Johnson was driving a Chevrolet Malibu south on I-65 when the car went off the right side of the road onto the shoulder and rear-ended the semi, which was parked.
"At this time, investigators have not determined what caused Ms. Johnson to drive onto the shoulder," Indiana State Police said in a statement.
It also was not yet known why the semi was stopped on the side of the interstate, police said.
All southbound lanes of I-65 were closed and traffic was diverted to the Whiteland Road exit for several hours Sunday morning.
The crash remains under investigation.