According to the Indiana state police Peru District, an Indiana State trooper was killed on Sunday when his car crashed into a tree while he was on duty.

Trooper Daniel Barrett, 25, was on duty and was moving northbound on U.S. 31 around 10:45 on Sunday night near the Fulton-Marshall county line. His car moved to the east side of the road and hit a tree on the side of the driver’s door.

He was declared dead at scene of the accident. He was a trooper since July 2007 when he graduated from the 67th Indiana State Police Recruit Academy.

Barrett graduate in 2002 from the Logansport High School. He took courses on criminal justices at Indiana University and Ivy Tech and he was appointed to patrol in Fulton County, that’s 90 miles north of Indianapolis.

Barrett is the 43^rd officer of the Indiana State Police that has died in the line of duty.

Before he began his work as a trooper he used to work as a corrections officer.

Master Trooper Earl McCullough is due to start a preliminary investigation to see why Barrett’s car left the road. The investigation is till on.

On Monday a press conference is scheduled at the Indiana State Police Post in Peru to talk more about the accident.