A single-vehicle rollover fatal crash has killed three people, injured two others, and left I-75 south closed in Grant County, Kentucky State Police said.
The cause of the crash involving an SUV remains unclear, said Trooper Corey Elliott. Elliott said the interstate s southbound lanes will remain closed while officers investigate.
Police responded to the crash at about 6 p.m. at the 153-mile marker, Elliott said. The location is near Williamstown.
There were six people, all males, in the vehicle, he said. Three have died. One critically injured male was flown by medical helicopter to Univerisity of Cincinnati Hospital Medical Center, Elliott said.
Kentucky State Police ID three men killed in I-75 crash Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati Enquirer
Kentucky police have identified the three people killed Monday in a fatal SUV rollover crash as Dayton, Ohio, residents.
Police said the crash happened about 6 p.m. at the 153-mile marker on I-75 south near Williamstown. The crash closed I-75 south until about 10:30 p.m. Monday, police said.
It s unclear why the GMC Yukon began to drift and struck a guardrail, Kentucky State Police said in a release.
Passengers Efrain Rivera-Mancha, 42, and Johnathan Contreras-Rivera 29, also died at the scene.
All of the men are residents of Dayton, Ohio, police said.