31-year-old dies in Laurel County motorcycle crash

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the victim’s age as originally reported by the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office.

BARBOURVILLE, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — A 31-year-old man is dead after a three-vehicle accident in Laurel County involving a motorcycle.

According to Laurel County Sheriff John Root, it happened around 1:22 p.m. on Monday on Kentucky Highway 229, approximately six miles south of London.

The sheriff’s office said that Johnathon Wyatt, 31, of Barbourville, was traveling northbound on a motorcycle on Kentucky Highway 229 when he crashed into the back of a pickup truck that had stopped for a mail carrier. After the crash, the motorcycle went into the southbound lane, hitting a truck.

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Wyatt was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in London with life-threatening injuries, where he was later pronounced deceased.

Kentucky Highway 229 was closed for approximately two hours, per the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reported that a Kentucky highway was closed for approximately two hours after a deadly crash.

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According to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 11, it happened after 1:30 p.m. on Friday at Kentucky Highway 229, just south of Benge Grocery. The road was closed in both directions and has since reopened.

The accident involved a motorcycle, according to the transportation cabinet. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office called it a “serious crash investigation.”

Camille Hantla contributed to this story.

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