Lexington man, woman killed in crash on Delong Road, police say
A man and a woman from Lexington died Wednesday night after being in a serious car crash, according to the Lexington Police Department.
The crash happened on Delong Road near Colliver Lane just after 9 p.m., according to police and the Fayette County Coroner’s Office. It was a single-vehicle collision, said Lt. Joe Anderson with the Lexington Police Department.
The coroner identified the victims as 32-year-old John Potter II and 24-year-old Shelby Stocker. The coroner’s office said Potter and Stocker both died from multiple blunt trauma injuries and were pronounced dead on scene at 9:58 p.m.
The police department’s collision reconstruction unit was called out to investigate the crash.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated after the Fayette County Coroner’s Office released a corrected spelling for the name of one of the victims.
This story was originally published July 21, 2022 at 6:55 AM.
