Updated: 3-car crash on I-75 in Lexington leaves 1 person dead. Police investigate
A three-car crash on I-75 in Lexington caused one person to die after suffering serious injures Monday morning, according to the Lexington Police Department and the Fayette County Coroner’s Office.
The wreck happened at 6:52 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-75 near the 115 mile marker. Lt. Meredith Taylor with Lexington police said one person was sent to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The other drivers weren’t injured, according to Taylor.
The victim later died at the hospital, according to the Fayette County Coroner’s Office. The coroner identified the victim as 26-year old Noah Madison Bailey Shuck.
Shuck died from multiple blunt force injuries to the head, according to the coroner’s office. His manner of death was listed as an accident.
Various interstate lanes were closed intermittently for several hours Monday morning while police investigated the crash, but they all reopened before noon.
Police shut down the farthest-right lane of I-75 northbound initially, but just after 8:30 am. the whole road was shut down so the Collision Reconstruction Unit could investigate the wreck, according to the Lexington Traffic Management Center. Traffic was being diverted to the left shoulder.
It was unknown how long the closure would last.
Just before 9:15 a.m., police temporarily opened up the farthest-left and middle lanes, the traffic management center said. At 9:55 a.m. all lanes were blocked off once again so investigators can complete their investigation.
At 10:55 a.m. the farthest-left and middle lanes were reopened along with the entrance ramp onto I-75 northbound from Newtown Pike, according to the traffic management center.
About 30 minutes later, the traffic management center reported that all lanes of the interstate have reopened.
“Use added caution while traffic flow returns to normal,” the traffic management center said.
Editor’s note: This story was updated after the Fayette County Coroner’s Office clarified the spelling of the victim’s name.
This story was originally published November 20, 2023 at 8:43 AM.
