LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man is dead, and two others are in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash in Meade County involving a semi truck.

The Kentucky State Police said in a statement that they responded to a call of a crash in the 14000 block of US 60 at around 10:32 a.m. on Thursday, August 21.

Police say that a semi truck was driving eastbound on US 60 when the driver crossed the center line and hit a Ford F-150.

A passenger in the pickup truck, 80-year-old Jerry Ricketts, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The drivers of both the semi and the pickup truck were taken to UofL Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The investigation is still ongoing.

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