Semi crash closes eastbound lanes of BG Parkway for hours Wednesday

The cab of the Fed Ex tractor trailer following the crash. Photo courtesy of the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office.

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STAFF REPORT

Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 4 p.m. — The eastbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway were closed for several hours Wednesday following a crash involving a Fed Ex double-trailer tractor-trailer rig.

At about 7:55 a.m., Nelson County EMS, the Bardstown Fire Department and Nelson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 13 mile marker for the overturned truck in the parkway’s eastbound lanes.

The 62-year-old semi driver was transported by EMS to Hardin Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, including lacerations on his right arm and complaints of leg pain.

The eastbound lanes were shut down for several hours while the crash was cleaned up.

Lengths of ripped up guardrail line the eastbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway following this morning’s crash of a FedEx double trailer semi tractor-trailer rig. Photo courtesy of the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office.

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