A two vehicle crash near the 96 mile marker just north of Elizabethtown on Interstate 65 claimed the life of a Glendale woman Tuesday morning.
The accident happened just after 9 a.m. when a northbound 2004 Chevrolet driven by 21 year-old Lynnsey Nicole Johnson went out of control, left the roadway and struck a guardrail. After impacting the guardrail the vehicle then spun back into the northbound lanes into the path of a 2016 Kenworth tractor-trailer driven by 55 year-old Gary M. Nixon of Chester Gap, Virginia. The tractor-trailer struck the passenger vehicle causing it to go across the interstate into the cable barrier.
Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hardin County Coroner’s office. No other injuries were reported.
Northbound traffic was delayed with one lane open for several hours while Kentucky State Police Troopers reconstructed the accident. The accident remains under investigation by the Kentucky State Police.
Kentucky State Police was assisted on the scene by the Hardin County Sheriff Department, KSP Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Hardin County EMS, Central Hardin Fire Department, Elizabethtown Fire Department and the Hardin County Coroner’s office.
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