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Police: Driver, passenger dead in Gallatin County crash

A 20-year-old driver and 22-year-old passenger were killed in crash involving an SUV and semi on I-71
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GALLATIN COUNTY, Ky. — Two people were killed Saturday in a fatal crash in Gallatin County, Kentucky State Police said.

Officers from the Campbellsburg post and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the 63 mile marker on I-71 for a crash, police said.

Breanna Lundgren, a 20-year-old from Michigan, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Gallatin County Coroner.

According to investigators, Lundgren, driving a black SUV, was traveling north on I-71 when she hit a semi-truck that was parked on the shoulder of the roadway.

The passenger in the SUV, identified as 22-year-old Sarah Barnes of Alabama, was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead a short time later, police said.

Police have not released a cause of the crash, or stated if anyone in the semi was injured

This is an ongoing investigation, police said.

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