PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — An 82-year-old man died Monday afternoon after a pickup truck crossed the center line and struck his SUV in Perry County, Kentucky State Police reported.
KSP responded to the crash at around 4:30 p.m. on Old Beech Fork Road in the Slemp community. Investigators said a black Ford F-250 was traveling on the road when the driver "failed to negotiate a steep curve."
The truck, KSP reported, crossed the center line and collided with a white Ford Explorer driven by Bobbie Boggs of Big Laurel.
The Perry County Coroner’s Office pronounced Boggs dead at the scene. First responders transported the driver of the Ford F-250 and two passengers to Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center to treat non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials transported Boggs to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort, where autopsy and toxicology results are pending.
KSP continues to investigate and reconstruct the collision.
