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KY Woman Amy Chavez ID’d As Victim In Tuesday Fatal I-24 Crash

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, KY. (THECOUNT) — Amy Chavez of Gilbertsville, Kentucky, has been identified as the woman killed in a crash on Interstate 24 Tuesday.

Chavez, 42, was killed just before 4:00 p.m., after Kentucky State Police were called to I-24 westbound for a crash near the Tennessee River Bridge.

Troopers say 42-year-old Amy Chavez of Gilbertsville, Kentucky, was driving west in the right-hand lane of I-24 when, for an unknown reason, she did not see traffic slowing on the Tennessee River Bridge. source

Chavez then failed to stop and hit the rear end of a semi in the right lane. That semi was being driven by 24-year-old Hovhannes Navasardyan of Arleta, California.

Chavez was pronounced dead at the scene.

All three drivers were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.

An investigation is ongoing.

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