Officials with Kentucky State Police Post 9, in Pikeville, are currently investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Monday between a school bus and a truck.

 

Police say they received a call just before 8:00 AM on Monday and responded to the area around Elkhorn Creek and Elkhorn City.

 

The initial investigation uncovered that 32-year-old Wesley Childers, of Draffin, was driving an empty school bus when it crossed the center line and struck a GMC truck being driven by 26-year-old Anthony Kirk, of Williamson, West Virginia. Kirk was pronounced dead at the scene by the Pike County Coroner’s Office.

 

This investigation remains ongoing.