Upton man dead after wreck on WKP

One person is dead after a wreck on the Western Kentucky Parkway.

According to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 9:15 p.m. Monday deputies were dispatched to the 121-mile marker westbound on the parkway in response to a motor vehicle accident.

The sheriff’s office says the preliminary investigation indicates that 57-year-old John Barnes of Upton was traveling east on the parkway on a motorcycle when he lost control on the rain-slick road, left the roadway, crossed the median, and entered the westbound lanes. The motorcycle struck a tractor-trailer in a head-on collision.

Barnes was pronounced dead at the scene. The operator of the tractor-trailer reported no injuries.

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office Reconstruction Unit’s investigation of the incident is ongoing.