A detached flatbed trailer sitting in a southbound lane of N. Old U.S. Highway 421 led to a fatal crash Friday morning in Decatur County, killing a 59-year-old Shelbyville man whose SUV struck it head-on. The trailer had come loose from a pickup truck moments earlier, and a second vehicle then struck it as well. No other injuries were reported.
According to WTRE Radio, the crash was reported at approximately 7:04 a.m. Friday in the 5000 block of N. Old U.S. Highway 421. A 2012 Ford F-350 driven by 51-year-old Bradley Jon Hughes of Westport was heading northbound while pulling a 20-foot flatbed trailer when the trailer detached for reasons that remain under investigation, the station reports. The trailer came to rest in the southbound lane of the highway…