One dead after fatal crash in McCreary County

STRUNK, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – One person is dead and multiple people are injured after a car crash that happened in McCreary County on Monday, June 17.

According to Kentucky State Police, KSP Post 11 in London responded to a two-car crash around 5:30 p.m. on US-27 and Southern Highway in McCreary County on Monday.

Upon investigation Troopers found that a 2005 Ford Explorer being driven by 19-year-old Cameron D. Burke from Stearns, KY went to cross US-27 but failed to yield to a 2015 Ford Taurus being driven by 71-year-old Martha M. King of Jamestown, TN.

KSP say that Mrs. King could not avoid the collision and hit Burke’s vehicle causing it to flip on its top. Burke was partially ejected from the car and was pronounced dead by the McCreary County Coroner on scene.

King and three other passengers were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Another passenger, 18-year-old Leroy J. Bremiller of Pine Knot, KY, was in the car with Burkes, but there is no update on Bremiller’s condition.

KSP Trooper Matthew Brumley is continuing to investigate the fatal crash.