DRY RIDGE, Ky. (LEX 18) — A man is dead after falling from a moving truck in Harrison County Saturday.
Police say the first call came in at 12:11 a.m. for reports of a man who had fallen from a moving vehicle near Northside Drive in Cynthiana. KSP was called to the scene shortly after.
Police say 18-year-old Jayden Beamon of Cynthiana was transported to Harrison Memorial Hospital and then to UK Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.
KSP reports that 18-year-old Addison Perkins of Cynthiana was driving the 2002 Chevrolet pickup truck when Beamon was injured.
Beamon's family started a GoFundMe to help with funeral and medical expenses.