Kentucky State Police responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a commercial vehicle in Breckinridge County Thursday afternoon that resulted in a fatality.
On May 29, at approximately 2 p.m. CDT, Kentucky State Police Post 4 received a call from the Breckinridge County Sheriff’s Office requesting Kentucky State Police investigate a single-vehicle collision near the intersection of KY-144 and Cart Manning Crossing Road in Breckinridge County.
The preliminary investigation revealed that 44 year-old Michael Robert Tropp, of Jasper, Indiana, was operating a commercial tractor-trailer southbound on KY-144 when the passenger side tire left the roadway, causing the semi to exit the roadway down an embankment before striking a tree. Tropp was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Breckinridge County Coroner’s Office.
The affected portion of KY-144 was closed for several hours to allow troopers to reconstruct the collision. Kentucky State Police Post 4 was assisted at the scene by the Breckinridge County Sheriff’s Office, Breckinridge County EMS, Hardinsburg Fire, Payneville Fire, Webster Fire, Rhodelia Fire, Meade County EMA and Breckinridge County Coroner’s Office.
The collision remains under investigation by the Kentucky State Police.
Source: KSP
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