Kentucky man hit, killed by commercial truck while loading vehicle on I-64. Driver charged
A Kentucky man was struck and killed Wednesday while trying to load a disabled vehicle onto a wrecker, according to Kentucky State Police.
The collision happened in Bath County.
The driver, 54-year-old Troy Caldwell, of Morehead, was loading a vehicle onto a rollback-type wrecker on Interstate 64 when a commercial truck hit him, according to a release.
State police received a call about the collision at 5:17 p.m.
Caldwell was pronounced dead at the scene.
State police charged the driver of the commercial vehicle, Shodmon Yuldashev, 29, of Brooklyn, N.Y., with tampering with physical evidence in connection with the wreck.
Police did not say in the news release how Yuldashev allegedly tampered with evidence.
