Officials with Kentucky State Police Post 11, in London are currently investigating an incident from Thursday night.

 

A large semi-truck is said to have hit a person along the interstate in Laurel County.

 

Troopers were called to the scene around the 34-mile-marker, in the southbound lane of I-75, just after 10:40 PM.

 

The initial investigation concluded that 49-year-old Luis Gurdarrama-Fernandez, of Illinois, hit 22-year-old Bill J. McVay, who is said to have been walking along the side of the roadway. McVay was flown to the University of Kentucky Medical Center in critical condition. His current condition is unknown at this time.

 

The investigation remains ongoing.