One dead after Breckinridge County crash

One person is dead and two people are injured following a collision in Breckinridge County Monday.

According to Kentucky State Police Post Four, at approximately 5 p.m. on December 29 troopers were notified of a two-vehicle collision near the four-mile marker on KY 79.

The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates a passenger car operated by 42-year-old Justin Nance of Falls of Rough crossed the center line, resulting in a head-on collision with a SUV operated by Daniella Wright of Louisville.

Nance was pronounced dead at the scene by the Breckinridge County Coroner’s Office. Wright and a passenger in her vehicle were transported to the University of Louisville Hospital with “serious injuries”.

KSP Post Four’s investigation is ongoing.