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Police investigating after deadly crash

Posted: Sun 7:00 PM, Nov 11, 2012

MARION COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) -- Police are investigating after a crash took a young man's life.

It happened just north of Lebanon on Kentucky 49 early this morning.

Police say 26-year-old Joseph Raikes' car dropped off the shoulder of the road, went airborne and hit an embankment.

We're told Raikes was not wearing a seat belt.


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