Off duty deputy killed in ATV crash in Hardin County

HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – Kentucky State Police are investigating an ATV crash that killed an off duty deputy Friday in Hardin County.

KSP says 36-year-old Kevin Johnson of Elizabethtown was driving an ATV near the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue when he lost control..ran off the roadway and hit a fence.

KSP says Johnson died at the scene.

A 7-year-old passenger on the ATV was flown to Norton Children’s hospital with life threatening injuries.

KSP says the investigation is ongoing.