KENTUCKY — A 29-year-old Hodgenville man was killed Monday morning in a crash on Interstate 65 in Hardin County, according to Kentucky State Police.
Troopers from KSP Post 4 responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision around the 103-mile marker on I-65 northbound near Lebanon Junction.
Police said traffic had slowed due to an earlier crash near the 106-mile marker. Investigators determined that a vehicle driven by Drew Cookenmaster, 29, struck the rear of a northbound tractor-trailer.
Cookenmaster was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hardin County Coroner. The driver of the tractor-trailer, identified as 52-year-old Shakisha Brewington of Schertz, Texas, was not injured.
Northbound lanes of I-65 at the Joe Prather Exit were closed for approximately three hours while crews conducted accident reconstruction.
The crash remains under investigation by Kentucky State Police.
