MONTEREY, Ky. -- A firefighter is dead after responding to a crash site in Owen County.
Officers said Terry Sharon, 60, was heading eastbound in a 1978 Ford F350 fire truck along Sawdridge Creek Road in response to a crash.
Police said the first crash happened at about 12:33 a.m. just south of Monterey at 340 Sawdridge Creek Road.
Investigators said that while driving to the scene, Sharon lost control of the truck, and skidded about 150 feet off the road before crashing into an unoccupied fifth-wheel camper trailer parked on the property neighboring the fire station.
Sharon was taken to New Horizons Medical Center by the Owen County EMS where he was later pronounced dead.
The Kentucky State Police is investigation the crash, along with the Owen County Sheriff Department, the Owen County Life Squad and Monterey Fire Department.
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