The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Nelson County Saturday.
According to KSP Post Four, at around 3:20 a.m. on August 30, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife requested trooper assistance in the investigation of a collision near the 6,900 block of Bloomfield Road involving a pickup truck and a passenger car.
The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that a truck operated by Gavin Sims of Bardstown was traveling on Bloomfield Road when for unknown reasons the vehicle crossed the center line and struck a car operated by 34-year-old John Cecil of Bloomfield.
Cecil was pronounced dead at the scene by the Nelson County Coroner’s Office. Sims and other passengers were transported to local area hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. An autopsy and toxicology results have been requested.
The KSP’s investigation of the collision remains ongoing.
