LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 19-year-old was killed, and a man was hospitalized after a head-on crash early Wednesday involving two vehicles in Bardstown.
The crash happened around 6 a.m. on Highway 245, just west of Templin Avenue, according to a news release from the Bardstown Police Department.
A Kia Optima traveling south on Highway 245 crossed the center line "for unknown reasons" into the northbound lane, striking another vehicle head-on, Kentucky State Police said in a statement.
Joseph Daughtery, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene, and James Milburn, 24, was taken by helicopter to University of Louisville Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to KSP.
The Nelson County Sherriff's Department and the Bardstown Fire Department also responded to the crash.
KSP is leading the investigation into the cause of the crash. Anyone with any information regarding the crash is asked to call KSP Trooper Scott Sharp at Post 4. His contact number is 270-766-5078.
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