Lloyd Collins was on his bicycle early Saturday morning when a pickup truck hit him on KY 1148 in Isom, Kentucky. He was 38. The Letcher County Coroner’s Office pronounced him dead at the scene.
Collins lived in Whitesburg. The crash happened just before 6 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Isom community of Letcher County. Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard got a call about a possible deadly wreck and sent troopers and medical crews out to the road.
Here is what troopers have pieced together so far. A 2000 Chevrolet Silverado was headed west on KY 1148. It struck Collins while he was riding. That is the early read from state police, and early reads can change.
Police say Collins was not wearing a helmet. No autopsy will be done. Toxicology results are still pending, so those answers will take some time.
State police haven’t said anything about the driver in the information released so far. They haven’t said whether anyone in the truck was hurt. They haven’t said whether anyone faces charges. All of that is still open.
Detective Scott Caudill is reconstructing the crash. That means he is working to rebuild how it happened, step by step, using what was left on the road and on the vehicle.
Very little has been shared about Collins beyond his age and his hometown. He was 38, and he lived in the same county where he died. The case remains under investigation, and police haven’t said when the reconstruction will be done.
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