LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Floyd Central High School student died early Tuesday on a rural road in southern Indiana.
The Floyd County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Jeff Firkins said the department is investigating a crash that happened about 6:43 a.m. in the 4000 block of SR 11. That's a main road that runs between Elizabeth and Edwardsville.
Firkins said the male driver of the pickup was traveling north, left the roadway and hit a tree. He died at the scene. The family of the teen arrived at the scene a short time later.
Floyd County Coroner Greg Roution identified the victim as 16-year-old Blake Douglas Taylor. He said the teen was on his way to school, when the crash occurred.
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