LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Authorities have identified a man hours after he was killed in a wrong-way crash on the Gene Snyder Freeway.
John Marshall, 28, died from blunt force injuries, according to the Jefferson County Coroner.
According to police, the crash happened on I-265, just west of Bardstown Road around 5 a.m. on Sunday.
In their preliminary investigation, Marshall was driving a vehicle headed east in westbound lanes of traffic, hitting a box truck head on which caused his vehicle to catch fire.
Marshall was pronounced dead at the scene and the box truck driver was not injured.
Police have not determined if there were others inside Marshall’s vehicle.
I-265 was shut down for several hours during their investigation.
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