Man killed in Hopkins County wreck

A Fayette County man was killed in a single-vehicle wreck in Hopkins County Saturday morning.

A news release from Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Troutman says the 30-year old Lexington man had been northbound on I-69 near the 99 mile-marker around 6:10 when he ran off the right side of the road for unknown reasons and struck a guard rail head-on.

The man was pronounced dead on the scene by Hopkins County Coroner Dennis Mayfield. The name of the victim is being withheld, pending family notification.
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02/23/2013/am