Kentucky State Police are investigating a fatal collision that happened on Interstate 24 just after 3 a.m. Saturday.
The preliminary investigation showed that 57-year-old Clifton Spencer of Columbia, North Carolina, was driving a tractor-trailer westbound on I-24 near the 91 mile marker.
A car driven by 26-year-old Donald Matthews of Tacoma, Washington, approached Spencer’s truck at a high rate of speed, striking it in the rear.
Matthew’s car was caught underneath the trailer, and he was pronounced dead at the scene by the Christian County Coroner.
Kentucky State Police was assisted on scene by Christian County EMS, Christian County Fire and Rescue, the Christian County Coroner’s Office.
Source: WBKO
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