UPDATE (4:14 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3): The name of the man who was killed in a crash on Kentucky Route 9 has been released.
The Kentucky State Police says 42-year-old Phillip Konopka, of Grayson, was killed in the crash on KY-9.
UPDATE (2:55 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3): The Kentucky State Police says Kentucky Route 9, or the AA Highway, reopened around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
CARTER COUNTY, KY (WOWK) — One person is dead and two others were flown to the hospital Wednesday morning after a crash on Kentucky Route 9, or the AA Highway.
The Kentucky State Police said this happened at around 8:10 a.m. near Chicken Coop Road in Carter County.
Troopers said a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck were driving northbound on KY-9, while another pickup truck was driving southbound.
They said the truck going southbound crossed the center line. The tractor-trailer tried to get out of the way and the truck hit the tractor-trailer side, causing the truck to spin.
The southbound truck hit the northbound truck head-on, killing one person in the northbound truck, the Kentucky State Police said.
Two people in the southbound truck were flown to the hospital and the tractor-trailer driver was uninjured, according to troopers.
They said KY-9 will be closed for several hours. A detour is in place on KY-2.
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