Morning View man dead following early-morning crash, Independence

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Morning View man dead following overnight crash in Independence

Updated: 4:23 PM EST Feb 26, 2023

A Morning View man is dead following a crash in Independence early Sunday morning.According to a release from the Kenton County Police Department, officers responded to the 13000 block of Madison Pike shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, for a report of a single-vehicle crash, with possible rollover and ejection.Officers located the vehicle off the roadway and on its driver's side at the base of a utility pole.The driver of the vehicle, Joshua Ginn, 22, of Morning View, Kentucky, was pronounced dead at the scene.According to the release, a preliminary investigation indicates Ginn was operating his gray 2013 Honda Accord northbound on Madison Pike when the vehicle exited the roadway to the left after negotiating a curve to the right.As the vehicle left the roadway, it rolled onto its driver's side before overturning and striking trees and a utility pole guy wire in the process. Ginn was ejected as the vehicle came to rest.He was the lone occupant of the vehicle.This case remains under investigation by the Kenton County Police Department’s Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction Unit.Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or is aware of Ginn’s whereabouts prior to the collision is encouraged to contact Sergeant Charles Duncan at 859-392-1955.

INDEPENDENCE, Ky. —

A Morning View man is dead following a crash in Independence early Sunday morning.

According to a release from the Kenton County Police Department, officers responded to the 13000 block of Madison Pike shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, for a report of a single-vehicle crash, with possible rollover and ejection.

Officers located the vehicle off the roadway and on its driver's side at the base of a utility pole.

The driver of the vehicle, Joshua Ginn, 22, of Morning View, Kentucky, was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the release, a preliminary investigation indicates Ginn was operating his gray 2013 Honda Accord northbound on Madison Pike when the vehicle exited the roadway to the left after negotiating a curve to the right.

As the vehicle left the roadway, it rolled onto its driver's side before overturning and striking trees and a utility pole guy wire in the process. Ginn was ejected as the vehicle came to rest.

He was the lone occupant of the vehicle.

This case remains under investigation by the Kenton County Police Department’s Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction Unit.

Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or is aware of Ginn’s whereabouts prior to the collision is encouraged to contact Sergeant Charles Duncan at 859-392-1955.