A truck driver has been killed in Kentucky for the second time since March 13 in a single-vehicle accident.
Tuesday morning at approximately 2:15, Kentucky State Police responded to a tractor-trailer wreck near the 12-mile marker of the Bluegrass Parkway in Nelson County.
State police said its investigation revealed that 57-year-old Kevin Wright, of Milton, Florida, was driving a 2006 Freightliner west on the parkway when, for unknown reasons, the truck struck a concrete barrier in a construction zone.
After striking the barrier, it appears Wright overcorrected and traveled across the roadway before striking a guardrail and catching fire, police said.
Wright was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Nelson County Coroner’s Office.
Kentucky State Police responded to the crash in the 6000 block of Nobob Road, about 12 miles southeast of Glasgow. State police said its investigation showed that 25-year-old Dea’ndre Q. Taylor, of Pinson, Alabama, was driving a 2023 International tractor-trailer north on Nobob Road when, for unknown reason, the vehicle left the roadway.
The semi then reentered the road and crossed both lanes of traffic before again leaving the roadway and striking an embankment, causing the vehicle to overturn.
Taylor was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Barren County Coroner’s Office.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
