Hardin Co. Crash Report: Wrong-way driver killed in crash with semi on I-65 near Elizabethtown

Kentucky Crash Report – I-65/Kentucky Tpk,

Hardin Co., KY

 

Report ID: 2024 May 15

NCIC#: Unknown

OFFICER ID#: Unknown

Traffic Unit(s) Involved: 2

Occupants: 2

Injuries/Fatalities: Yes

Vehicle Damage (If Any): Likely

Property Damage (other than vehicles): Unknown

Road Surface Condition: Unknown

Manner of Crash Impact (Single Vehicle, Angle, Left Turn, Rear-End, Head-On, Sideswipe, U-Turn, Other, Unknown): Head-on

Location of Pedestrian/Cyclist (If Any): N/A

     Narrative

HARDIN CO., KY – A 50-year-old man died Wednesday night after a head-on crash involving a semi along the Kentucky Turnpike in Hardin County.

The incident occurred around 10:59 p.m. on I-65 near Elizabethtown. Officials have not yet provided a mile marker or cross street.

Police say that a northbound 2016 Lexus entered the southbound lanes and collided head-on with an 18-wheeler.

The wrong-way driver, identified as Jeffery Simonton, died at the scene after being thrown from his vehicle.

Medics transported the truck driver to the hospital with non-critical injuries.

A full investigation is underway.

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