Whitley City, KY. (October 30, 2023) – Kentucky State Police are investigating a single-vehicle collision that killed a man in McCreary County.
Around 2:40pm on Sunday, Kentucky State Police Post 11 in London responded to a collision on KY 92 and Pleasant Run Church Hill Road.
During the preliminary investigation, officers determined 33-year-old Michael Kidd of Stearns was driving a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle east on KY 92 when he drove off the right shoulder of the road and struck a guard rail. Kidd was ejected from the motorcycle.
McCreary County EMS transported Kidd to Big South Fork Hospital in Tennessee where he was pronounced dead. The Tennessee Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy.
KSP Trooper Adam Dodson is continuing the investigation.
Additional Post 11 personnel, McCreary County Sheriff’s Department, McCreary County Ambulance Service, McCreary County Coroner’s Office, and the Whitley City Fire Department assisted him at the scene.