18-year-old died in crash just weeks before graduation
NELSON COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Nelson County family is in mourning after their 18-year-old died in a crash Tuesday just weeks before his high school graduation.
The crash happened just before 4 a.m. on Highway 245 near Spencer-Mattingly Road. It claimed the life of Draven Greenwell, from Bloomfield.
According to Kentucky State Police, Greenwell was driving north on Highway 245 in a Toyota Matrix when, for reasons unknown, he crossed the center line and went into the southbound lane. He then struck a commercial tractor-trailer head-on, officials said.
Greenwell died at the scene.
Relatives said the 18-year-0ld would have graduated this month from Nelson County High School. They said his death was a “very sudden and unexpected loss.”