LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Kentucky State Police are searching for a Louisville tow truck driver who fled the scene of a fatal two-vehicle collision in Bullitt County early Saturday morning.
KSP troopers responded to the crash on I-65 northbound near the 112-mile marker just south of Shepherdsville shortly before midnight on Friday, Aug. 14.
According to a preliminary KSP investigation, Luis Gonzalez Perez, 34, was operating a tow truck hooked to a bobtail semi-tractor parked on the shoulder. Because the wrecker was facing southbound to hook the tractor, Perez attempted to execute a U-turn across all three northbound lanes of I-65 trying to head north.
During the turn, the tow truck was struck by a vehicle driven by Shawn Franklin, 43, of North Carolina…