County 911 dispatcher: At least 7 dead in truck-van crash on Kentucky interstate highway

At least 7 dead in Ky. interstate truck-van crash

MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. — An emergency dispatcher says at least seven people have been killed in a collision between a tractor-trailer and a van on northbound Interstate 65 in south-central Kentucky.

Hart County 911 dispatcher Kathy Tyree says the collision occurred at 5:16 a.m. CDT Friday near the 63 mile-marker. Tyree says the northbound lanes of I-65 were shut down.

Kentucky State Police said multiple agencies have responded to the accident near Munfordville, about 75 miles south of Louisville.

Hart County Coroner Jeff Roten says officials are still processing the scene.