NEWPORT, Ky. — One person is dead after Newport police said a driver crashed into a person riding a scooter at an intersection Tuesday morning.
Wednesday morning, the Hamilton County Coroner's Office identified the operator of the scooter as 37-year-old Kristopher Gardner.
Newport police said officers responded to the intersection of Monmouth and New Linden just before 10 a.m. Tuesday for a reported crash. When they arrived, they learned a driver turning into New Linden from Monmouth had collided with Gardner, who was riding a scooter at the intersection.
Gardner was taken to UC Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead.
Newport police said an investigation into the crash is ongoing.
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