CLAY COUNTY, Ind – Indiana State Police are investigating a fatal crash that happened on I-70 early Saturday morning.

Police say that just after 6:00 a.m. a 2019 BMW, driven by 72 year old John D. Slack of Indianapolis was westbound in the eastbound lanes of the interstate the 22 mile marker when he collided with a 2018 Freightliner driven by 21 year old Nitishpal S. Bhandari of Ontario, Canada.

The truck was traveling eastbound in the passing lane, alongside another semi tractor-trailer, when he saw the car approaching and attempted to avoid the collision but was unsuccessful.

Slack was pronounced dead at the scene by the Clay County Coroner’s Office.

Bhandari and his co-driver were not injured in the accident.

The Indiana State Police will be conducting a full accident reconstruction of the accident.