KY Men Killed In Friday Louisville I-265 Crash ID’d As Mylachi Malone, Matthew Stevens

LOUISVILLE, KY. (THECOUNT) — Mylachi Malone and Matthew Stevens have been identified as the two victims killed in a head-on crash in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday morning.

Malone, 21, was operating a vehicle traveling on the Henry Watterson Expy, aka, Interstate 265, when for unknown reasons, he crossed centerlines, and struck Stevens’s vehicle head-on near New Cut Road.

Malone was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries consistent with the violent crash.

Stevens was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

LMPD said the victims were the sole occupants of each car and no other injuries were reported, according to WAVE3.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Anyone with possible information on the crash may contact police at 911.

Geo quick facts: Louisville, Kentucky’s largest city, sits on the Ohio River along the Indiana border. Every May, its race course Churchill Downs hosts the Kentucky Derby, a renowned horse race whose long history is explored at the Kentucky Derby Museum. Baseball is celebrated at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, where Major League bats are produced and a giant baseball “slugger” marks the entrance, according to wikipedia.