ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — A death investigation is underway in Rowan County after the coroner's office says a man was found dead in a vehicle on I-64 early Thursday morning.
According to the Rowan County Coroner's Office, a welfare check was requested on Thursday around 5:00 a.m. on a person sitting on the shoulder of I-64 westbound near the Farmers Sharkey exit.
The coroner's office says that the sheriff's office was dispatched to the area, where they found a man unresponsive in a vehicle.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner's office, and the death is under investigation.
