BURKESVILLE, Ky. – One person is dead and another is behind bars after a deadly crash in Monroe County.

According to the Kentucky State Police, troopers responded Thursday at 9:39 p.m. to a single-vehicle injury collision on Sulphur Creek Road in Cumberland County.

Authorities say preliminary investigation findings indicate 66-year-old Ronald Huser of Lebanon, Indiana, was traveling on Sulphur Creek Road near the Sulphur Creek Marina parking lot entrance in a 2014 Ram 2500.

Huser then lost control of the vehicle, authorities say, before leaving the side of the road and striking a tree.

A passenger in Huser’s vehicle, 65-year-old Douglas Johnson of Lebanon, Indiana, was transported from the scene to Cumberland County Hospital, where he died due to his injuries.

Johnson was pronounced d

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