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MONTICELLO, Ind. The semi-tanker driver killed Tuesday in the fiery crash on Interstate 65 still has not been positively identified,White County Coroner Tony Deivel said Friday.

The man was badly burned in the crash, and Deivel is using DNA to positively identify the driver, the coroner said.

Thursday's autopsywas inconclusive about the man's cause of death, and toxicology is pending, Deivel said.

The driver who died inthe crash was northbound on I-65 at 11 a.m. Tuesday when he lost control of his semi in southern White County a few miles north of Tippecanoe County.

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About a mile south of the Indiana 18 exit, the semi sideswipeda northbound van drivenby James Harrington, 66, of Thomasville, North Carolina, police said. Harrington was not injured.

The wayward semi entered the median, plowed through the cable barrier and hit dual-semi trailers in the southbound lanes, splitting the front trailer in two and knocking the back trailer into the ditch, according to Indiana State Police.

Frank Duran Jr., 56, of Chicago, was driving the southbound rig struck by the northbound semi, which was hauling the tanker full of food-grade material. Duran wasnot injured, Indiana State Police said.

The wayward semi came to rest on the right side of the southbound lanes, where fire surrounded the rig.

The crash closed southbound I-65 at Indiana 18 for many hours Tuesdaywhile police investigated the crash and the wreckage was removed.

Emergency crews work the scene of a three vehicle crash that killed one motorist, Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Brookston.(Photo: Nikos Frazier / Journal & Courier)

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