Corbin man killed in I-75 crash

Posted: 9:28am on Mar 9, 2010; Modified: 9:29am on Mar 9, 2010

A Corbin man died Monday night after his stopped pickup truck was hit by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 75 in Whitley County, Kentucky State Police said.

A 1996 Chevrolet S-10 driven by Larry W. Rogers, 65, was stopped for unknown reasons in the right lane of southbound I-75, police said. The pickup was struck from behind by a 2007 tractor-trailer driven by Donald M. Cain, 44, of Dayton, Ohio.

Rogers, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from his pickup. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Whitley County coroner, police said.

Cain was uninjured.

The crash was reported about 10:44 p.m.

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