HANCOCK COUNTY — All lanes of US 40 in Greenfield were closed Thursday morning as crews investigated a fatal incident.
According to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched at 3:53 a.m. to U.S. 40 between Mount Comfort Road and S 500 W for a person lying in the roadway.
A deputy, who did not see the person lying in the roadway as they were in dark clothes, struck the person.
It is unclear if the person in the roadway was already dead, according to police.
The only information shared about the deceased is that they were a 41-year-old man.
The roadway reopened around 7 a.m.
