UPDATE: Victims in double-fatality crash identified

UPDATE POSTED DEC. 12, 2020

PUTNEY, KY. (WTVQ) – KSP has gathered more information into the double fatality collision that occurred Friday evening in Harlan County.

Initial investigation indicates a white 2009 Smart Car was traveling north on KY 522 when it exited the right side of the roadway into a ditch striking a large rock. The vehicle then overturned striking a tree before stopping.

The driver, 39-year-old Lee Hatfield, of Cumberland, and the passenger 46-year-old April Johnson, of Baxter, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Collision is still under investigation by Andy Soltess.

ORIGINAL STORY

PUTNEY, Ky. (WTVQ) – Two people were killed Friday night in a single-vehicle crash on KY 522 in the Putney community of Harlan County, according to Kentucky State Police.

The accident wass reported at 8:08 p.m. and KY 522 was closed for several hours while accident reconstruction specialists investigated.

No names were immediately released.