KSP investigating: 17-year-old killed, 3 hurt in Nelson County crash

BARDSTOWN, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — Kentucky State Police (KSP) is investigating a crash that took the life of a 17-year-old boy and sent three others to the hospital on Friday.

Troopers reportedly discovered the crash around 5:45 p.m. Friday in the area of the 13-mile marker on the Bluegrass Parkway.

A preliminary investigation showed that a 17-year-old boy from Cox Creek was driving a 2016 Ford Fusion heading west when, “for unknown reasons,” authorities said, he crossed the median and into the path of a 2016 Cadillac Escalade which was driven by 41-year-old Patrick Reed, who was headed east.

The boy was pronounced dead at the scene by the Nelson County Coroner’s Office, per law enforcement. Reed and two passengers were flown to the University of Louisville Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

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The scene of the crash was closed for “several hours,” while troopers reconstructed the crash and investigated, according to KSP. The investigation remains ongoing.

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