Kentucky State Police responded to a two-vehicle fatal collision in Nelson County just after 9 a.m. Tuesday, February 11.
The preliminary investigation revealed that 42 year-old Brian Tichenor, of Bardstown, was driving an Audi northbound on Springfield Road when he failed to negotiate a curve before crossing the center line and struck a semi-tractor tractor traveling southbound head-on near the intersection of Springfield Road and Pottershop Loop in the city limits of Bardstown.
Tichenor was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Nelson County Coroner’s Office. The commercial vehicle driver, 37 year-old Jared Pennick of Columbia, was not injured.
The affected portion of Springfield Road was closed for several hours to allow troopers to reconstruct the collision. Kentucky State Police Post 4 was assisted at the scene by the Bardstown Police Department, Bardstown Fire & Rescue and the Nelson County Coroner’s Office.
The collision remains under investigation by the Kentucky State Police.
Source: KSP
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