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Coroner identifies man who died in crash involving semi on Dixie Highway

Police said lanes of traffic in the area of the 12300 block of Dixie Highway will be shut down while the investigation continues.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man is dead following a crash in southwest Louisville.

The incident happened in the 12300 block of Dixie Highway just after 5 p.m. Monday, according to Metro Police.

In their preliminary investigation, police said a vehicle headed southbound on Dixie Highway crossed over for unknown reasons and struck a semi traveling northbound head-on.

The impact of the collision caused the southbound vehicle to strike another vehicle headed in the same direction.

The driver of the vehicle that struck the semi, 20 year-old Joshua Ralston, died at the scene. 

No one else was hurt in the incident.

LMPD’s Traffic Unit is handling the investigation.

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