A two vehicle accident Monday afternoon claimed the life of a semi driver and injured a Vine Grove woman.
The accident happened around 1:40 p.m. EDT near the 86 mile marker on Interstate 65 just east of Glendale.
A 1991 Toyota Camry, driven by 52 year-old Bridget M. Yates, was traveling north partially on the shoulder and partially in the right lane of I-65 when a 2014 Freightliner semi-tractor, also northbound, struck the Toyota in the rear left side. Both operators lost control of their vehicles and left the roadway.
The operator of the Freightliner, 33 year-old Andrew Graley of Pekin, Indiana, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hardin County Coroner’s Office. Bridget Yates was transported to University Of Louisville Hospital with serious but non-lifethreatening injuries.
Kentucky State Police was assisted on the scene by Kentucky State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Glendale Fire Department, Central Hardin Fire Department, Elizabethtown Fire Department, Hardin County EMS and the Hardin County Coroner’s Office.
The accident remains under investigation by the Kentucky State Police.
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