HART COUNTY, Ky. (WBKO) -- A truck driver is killed when his tanker slides off the road. It happened at 8:39 a.m. Tuesday on Kentucky 569 in Hart County.
Propane Truck Fatal in Hart County
Kentucky State Police say 24-year-old Joseph Carter from Cave City was driving a Farmer's propane tank truck down a steep hill and failed to make the curve at the foot of the hill. The truck overturned, skidded off the road, and hit a tree.
The initial call to KSP said the tank was leaking and the driver was trapped inside. But that's not what troopers found when they got there.
"Upon our arrival we determined that the driver was deceased as a result of the collision," said Trooper Jonathan McChesney. "The propane tank was not leaking. And at that point the scene was made safe."
Trooper McChesney says Carter's body will be taken to the medical examiner's office in Louisville for an autopsy.