A 10-year-old Owensboro boy has been identified as the person who died in a two-vehicle accident Friday night on I-165.
According to a report from Kentucky State Police, passenger Issac Sterett was pronounced dead at the scene by Ohio County Coroner Elvis Doolin. Driver William L. Sterett III, 45 of Owensboro, sustained a broken arm and was transported to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital.
Three other juveniles in the truck were injured and transported to OHRH, according to KSP. One of the three was later flown to Norton Hospital in Louisville and is listed in serious condition.
Kentucky State Police Post 16 – Henderson received a call of a two-vehicle fatal collision around 4:30 p.m. Friday. The collision was on I-165 (William Natcher Parkway) southbound at the 52 mile-marker in Ohio County.
According to a report, preliminary investigation reveals Sterett was traveling southbound on I-165 in a 2017 Ford F-150. Roberto Ignacio Mejia-Enriquez, 36 of Villa De Ayala, Mexico, was also traveling south on I-165 ahead of Sterett.
For an unknown reason, Sterett ran into the back of Mejia-Enriquez’s 2019 International tractor-trailer, according to KSP.
Mejia-Enriquez was not injured in the collision. He operates for TBM Carriers, Inc.
The southbound lanes of I-165 was closed for more six hours as KSP reconstructed the collision.
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Ohio County Coroner’s Office, Ohio County EMA, Ohio County EMS, Ohio County Sheriff’s Department and other agencies assisted troopers at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing.
Editor’s note: The original post had the incorrect spelling of Issac. KSP released the name as Isaac.
