UPDATE: Driver killed in crash in Lexington identified

UPDATE: (12/18/19, 1:21 p.m.) –

The Fayette County Coroner’s Office has identified the driver killed Wednesday morning in Lexington.

The coroner says 35-year-old Jose Antonio Jimenez Perez, of Lexington, died of multiple blunt force trauma.

He was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:27 a.m.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Police say a man is dead following an early-morning crash in Lexington.

It happened around 5:45 a.m. Wednesday on Ruffian Way off Leestown Road.

Officers say the driver went off the road and hit a tree.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released.