A Dry Ridge man was killed late Thursday night in a crash on Interstate 75.
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said that it happened at around 11:30 p.m. on northbound 75 at the 173.2 mile marker.
Trace Patrick, of Dry Ridge, was driving a Freightliner flatbed tow truck when he crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer driven by Larry Hill, of Dayton, Oh.
David Matthews, Jr., also of Dry Ridge, was a passenger in the two truck and was ejected.
He died at the scene.
Patrick was transported to University of Cincinnati Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Hill was not hurt.
The crash is still under investigation, the sheriff’s office said.
-Staff report