Police investigating fatal crash in Kentucky

OAK GROVE, KY (KBSI) — A man has died after police believe he lost control of his car on Kentucky 115.

Around 11:20 p.m. on June 15th, Kentucky State Police conducted a traffic safety checkpoint on Kentucky 115 in Oak Grove.

A man identified as 29-year-old Roderick Crossley drove up to the checkpoint in a 2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. After he failed to provide his operator’s license, police say Crossley accelerated and fled from the checkpoint at a high rate of speed. Troopers then found the car wrecked in a field north of Interstate 24.

Preliminary investigation by police reveals the car lost control on Kentucky 115 after traveling across Interstate 24 overpass, leaving the west side of the roadway. The car then overturned several times, and Crossley was ejected.

He was pronounced dead on the scene by the County Coroner.

The crash investigation is ongoing at this time.