Glasgow, KY : One person has died in a single-vehicle crash on Saturday, October, 28th 2017

One person has died in a single-vehicle crash that occurred around 2:30 a.m. Saturday near the 8800 block of Smiths Grove Road.

The Allen County Sheriff's Office requested the assistance of the Kentucky State Police to investigate the crash.

According to a preliminary investigation, a Cadillac passenger car was traveling southbound on Smiths Grove Road when it exited the left shoulder of the road and struck a tree, becoming fully engulfed, said a Kentucky State Police press release.

The single occupant of the vehicle was pronounced deceased by the Allen County Coroner. The name of the deceased has not been released, pending identification by the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office and death notification to family members. The deceased was restrained at the time of the collision, said the press release.

Toxicology reports of the deceased are pending, the press release said.

The investigation is ongoing and being led by Trooper Courtney Milam. She was assisted at the scene by the Scottsville City Fire Department, the Allen County Coroner’s Office, the Meador Fire Department, the Allen County Sheriff’s Office, the Allen County Emergency Medical Service, and other state police personnel, the press release said.


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One person dies in Smiths Grove crash