UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal Perryville accident

UPDATE POSTED JULY 30, 2021 AT 10:53 A.M.

PERRYVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) – The victim of a fatal accident in Perryville has been identified.

According to the Boyle County Deputy Coroner, the victim was Ryan Turner, 29, of Harrodsburg.

Authorities received a call about the single vehicle motorcycle accident around 9:45 p.m. Turner was traveling eastbound on Highway 150.

The deputy coroner said weather was not considered a factor. The accident is under investigation by the Boyle County Sheriff’s Office and the Perryville Police Department.

ORIGINAL STORY POSTED JULY 29, 2021 AT 11:44 P.M.

PERRYVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) – A stretch of Highway 150 West at the Perryville city limit was closed late Thursday night following a deadly accident, according to a post on the Perryville Fire Department’s Facebook page.

The social media post advised motorists to find an alternative route.

The fire department posted around 11:15 p.m. that the road had reopened.

The Boyle County Sheriff’s Office worked the accident, according to emergency dispatch, but no other information was immediately available.