BURLINGTON, Ky. —

One person has died and another person was taken to the hospital after a crash in Burlington, Kentucky Friday.

It happened around 4 a.m. when Boone County Sheriff's deputies responded to a serious crash at the intersection of East Bend Road and Possum Path Road. Advertisement

According to the sheriff's office, a car was traveling west and failed to negotiate a curve, crossing the center line into the opposite lane before veering off the roadway.

The car then hit a tree, causing it to overturn, blocking both sides of the roadway.

The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as 48-year-old Matthew Combs, from Burlington.

A passenger in the car was extricated from the car by emergency crews and taken to the University of Cincinnati Me

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