19-year-old driver dies after tractor-trailer overturns, Kentucky sheriff says
.jpg "A truck crash in Lincoln County, Kentucky, left a 19-year-old dead, according to the sheriff’s office.")
A tractor-trailer driver has died after the truck overturned in Lincoln County Thursday morning, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post that the incident was a single-vehicle crash. The wreck happened around 7 a.m. in the 5100 block of KY Highway 198. WKYT, the Herald-Leader’s reporting partner, said the victim was 19 years old.
The road was closed for hours, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The crash was still under investigation Thursday afternoon.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
Jeremy Chisenhall
Lexington Herald-Leader