One dead after crash in Meade County

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

According to KSP Post Four, at around 10:30 a.m. on August 21 troopers from Post Four and the KSP Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division responded to a request from Meade County Dispatch to assist with the investigation of a crash near the 14,000 block of U.S. 60.

The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that a tractor-trailer operated by Marshall Morgan of Guston was travelling east on U.S. 60 when for unknown reasons the vehicle crossed the center line, striking a pickup truck operated by Glenda Ricketts of Shepherdsville.

A passenger in the pickup, 80-year-old Jerry Ricketts of Shepherdsville, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Meade County Coroner’s Office. Glenda Ricketts and Morgan were both transported to the University of Louisville Hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries.

The KSP’s investigation is ongoing.