The Kentucky State Police identified James Shepherd as one of two people killed in a motorcycle crash near Kemper yesterday.

Jim Shepherd, 56, from Phyllis KY, was the operating a motorcycle when the crash occurred. Geneva Hunter, 76, of Phyllis, KY, a passenger on the motorcycle, was also killed.

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According to officials the crash happened just before 3 P.M. on Upper Johns Creek Road. Troopers say a motorcycle was traveling east on KY 632 when the driver lost control and drove into a creek bed. source

The cause of the crash is under investigation.