Highway 15 CLOSED following fatal crash

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Officials with Jackson City Police say one person is dead after a crash Thursday morning.

Police say it happened on Highway 15 nearly a fourth of a mile north of the end of the four lane in Breathitt County around 7 a.m. All lanes are shut down.

They say the crash was between a UPS truck going south and another vehicle going north.

We do not know how many people were involved, or the identity of the victim at this time.

Officials with KYTC District 10 say they expect the road to be closed until about noon.