10:10 A.M. UPDATE
The Johnson County Coroner’s office identified the deceased driver from the Hospital Road accident as Kane A. Grudowski, 22 of Morgantown.
A witness told Johnson County deputies they saw the truck Grudowski was driving leave the roadway on the north side of the road, get back on the road, and then leave the road again on the south side. The second time, the vehicle rolled over, collided with a tree and eventually came to rest next to a bridge, according to the accident report from Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
The impact of the crash killed Grudowski. The cause of death was determined to be multiple blunt force traumatic injuries, due to the motor vehicle accident, Mike Pruitt, coroner said in a press release.
Toxicology is still pending, he said.
ORIGINAL STORY
Local public safety agencies are responding to a fatal single-car accident evening just outside of Franklin.
The accident was reported sometime at around 7:49 p.m. in the 700 block of Hospital Road, just east of County Road 50 East. The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle, said Duane Burgess, Johnson County sheriff.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel, Burgess said.
Additional details were not immediately available, as the investigation is still ongoing. Hospital Road between County Road 50 East and Tracy Miles Road will be closed for an undetermined amount of time, Burgess said.
The Johnson County Coroner’s Office, Franklin Police Department and Franklin Fire Department responded to the scene along with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
This story will be updated when additional information is available following notification of next of kin.
