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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A fatal crash is under investigation on the Joe Prather Highway near Elizabethtown. 

Kentucky State Police Trooper Scotty Sharp tells WDRB that the crash happened about 7:15 a.m. near the five mile-marker on the highway. 

The preliminary investigation shows 2006 Ford F-150 pickup traveling westbound crossed the center line and into the path of a 2013 Kia Optima being driven by Christopher Doss, 28, of Elizabethtown. 

Doss died at the scene. The other driver was taken to University of Louisville Hospital with injuries KSP said were not life-threatening.  

The Joe Prather Highway was closed for several hours for the investigation but has since reopened. 

The crash remains under investigation.  

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