Details of that fatal crash in London yesterday are now being released. Laurel County Sheriff John Root states that: a two vehicle single fatality traffic crash that occurred on East Laurel Rd.(Ky 80) in London on Monday afternoon just before 2 is being reconstructed.
The investigating reconstructionist reports that apparently a Chevrolet Tahoe traveling eastbound on KY 80 traveled across the centerline in a slight curve and struck a freightliner truck head-on causing a fatal injury to the driver of the Tahoe and critical injuries to a passenger in the Tahoe. The driver of the truck was uninjured.
The two drivers were identified as:
•Driver of the Chevrolet Tahoe – Joseph Gary Smith age 60 of Manchester pronounced deceased at the scene by Laurel County Coroner Doug Bowling. A passenger was airlifted to UK med center with critical injuries.
• The driver of the freightliner truck was identified as John D. Philpot age 45 of London – no injuries reported.
