NEWPORT, Ky. (WXIX) - A Hyde Park man is dead after a fatal scooter crash happened in Newport Tuesday.

Kristopher Gardner, 37, was identified as the person killed in the crash, according to the Hamilton County Coroner’s report.

It happened at the intersection of Monmouth Street and New Linden Road just before 10 a.m.

Newport police said a vehicle was turning onto New Linden Road from Monmouth Street when a person - now known as Gardner - riding a scooter collided with the vehicle.

Gardner was transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he later died.

Police said surveillance footage helped them piece together what happened, however, the crash is still under investigation.

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