Crash Victim Identified

Posted: Wed 2:25 PM, Sep 19, 2007

We now know the name of a man killed in a fiery crash along Interstate 75.

The Laurel County Coroner identifies the victim as 50-year old Gregory Cooper of Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Cooper was driving down the interstate near the Laurel-Rockcastle county line when his semi ran off the road, then slid along the rock wall before it burst into flames

An autopsy is being performed today in Frankfort to determine the cause of death.

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