Hickerson killed in wreck near Ashland

According to the Ashland Daily Independent, the third traffic crash in nine days in the Coalton area killed a Flemingsburg man Friday on the Industrial Parkway.
Jonathon A. Hickerson, 26, died after his pickup collided with a delivery truck, according to the Ashland post of the Kentucky State Police.
Hickerson was driving south on the parkway shortly after 5 a.m. and drifted into the northbound lane, according to police. His pickup collided head-on with the truck.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck, Jerry Esque, 46, wasn’t injured, police said.