SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. — A North Carolina man died following a two-vehicle collision on Interstate 65 in Bullitt County, and Kentucky State Police are searching for a tow truck driver who authorities say left the scene following the crash.
Bullitt County Dispatch contacted Kentucky State Police Post 4 just before midnight on Friday, August 14, 2026, requesting troopers and an accident reconstructionist to investigate a fatal collision along northbound I-65 near the 112-mile marker in Shepherdsville.
A preliminary investigation revealed that Luis Gonzalez Perez, 34, of Louisville, was operating a wrecker hooked to a bobtail tractor parked along the highway shoulder. The tractor was facing northbound while the wrecker was facing southbound in preparation to transport the tractor. Perez then attempted to make a U-turn across all three northbound lanes of Interstate 65 to travel northbound…