An Ohio man was killed in a Wednesday afternoon crash in Jackson County. Indiana State Police say that at approximately 4:15 p.m., ISP Troopers and Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash on US 50 at County Road 1050 West.

The initial investigation by Troopers Jacob Tolle and Matt Holley indicated that a semi pulling a flatbed trailer, driven by 24-year-old Christopher M. McClain, of Merrillville, was traveling westbound on US 50. Another semi pulling a box trailer, driven by 50-year-old Jerome M. Sharkey, of West Chester, Ohio, was traveling eastbound on US 50. As both vehicles passed through a construction zone where bridge replacement was taking place, the vehicles struck each other. Investigators say that McClain’s flatbed trailer struck the cab of Sharkey’s vehicle, entrapping Sharkey. He was extricated from his vehicle and transported to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour before being transferred to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, where he later passed away. McClain was not injured.

The investigation is ongoing to determine what caused the crash. Alcohol and drugs are not believed to be factors, but toxicology tests are pending.