One dead after Breckinridge County crash

The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal collision in Breckinridge County Thursday.

According to KSP Post Four, at around 2 p.m. on May 29 the Breckinridge County Sheriff’s Office requested troopers investigate a single-vehicle collision near the intersection of KY 144 and Cart Manning Crossing Road.

The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that 44-year-old Michael Tropp of Jasper, Indiana, was driving south on KY 144 in a commercial tractor-trailer “when the passenger side tire left the roadway, causing the semi to exit the roadway down an embankment before striking a tree.”

Tropp was declared dead at the scene by the Breckinridge County Coroner’s Office. The KSP’s investigation is ongoing.