Scott County Coroner confirms 2 fatalities from I-75 crash Saturday

The car accident involved four individuals, two of which were pronounced dead on-scene, while the other two individuals were transported to a Lexington hospital.

SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) –

Update: July 12 at 11:15 a.m.

Scott County Coroner Mark Sutton has provided LEX News with the identities of the two deceased individuals who died in a fatal car accident that occurred on I-75 southbound in Scott County on Saturday.

According to Sutton, four occupants were inside of a vehicle when it struck an emergency vehicle, which was in the process of assisting with an unrelated, prior accident. Both the driver and the front passenger of the vehicle were pronounced dead on-scene, while the two occupants in the backseat were transported to a Lexington hospital.

Sutton has identified the driver of the vehicle as 61-year-old Darren Paul Nelson. The front passenger of the vehicle has been identified as 62-year-old Shauna Colleen Nelson. Both individuals were from Knoxville, Tennessee. They were in the process of traveling back home to Tennessee when the incident occurred.

Update: July 11 at 4:15 p.m.

The Scott County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that a vehicle collision involving an emergency vehicle on I-75 southbound near the 141-mile marker has resulted in two fatalities.

Traffic is currently being diverted on to U.S. 25 for an undetermined amount of time, as the interstate is shut down at the 144-mile marker, according to the coroner’s office.

The names of the victims have not been released to the public at this time. The fatal collision remains under investigation by Kentucky State Police, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, and the Scott County Coroner’s Office.

Original story:

The Scott County Sheriff’s Office has announced that a “serious” vehicle accident on I-75 has left multiple individuals with life-threatening injuries, and that traffic will be severely impacted as crews work to clear the roadway.

According to a social media post, the area impacted is I-75 southbound lanes near the 141-mile marker.

“Preliminary reports are that emergency units were on scene of a previous single-vehicle accident when another vehicle struck an emergency vehicle on scene,” the Scott County Sheriff’s Office said in its social media post.

Now, multiple people are experiencing life-threatening injuries. No first responders were injured in the accident. Traffic is expected to be impacted for several hours, and multiple lanes are expected to be closed for an undetermined amount of time.

This is an ongoing story, and ABC 36 News will provide more information as it becomes available.