LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A person died after a crash in Meade County on Monday morning, according to police.

The Meade County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported crash involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor-trailer on U.S. 60 at the intersection of Hill Grove Road and Shumate Road at 6:51 a.m. 

The driver of the passenger vehicle died at the scene, while a passenger was taken to University of Louisville Hospital. The driver of the tractor-trailer wasn't injured in the crash.

The roadway was closed for around four hours as the crash was being investigated.

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