Commonwealth Journal Apr 20, 2021 The Kentucky State Police are investigating a fatal wreck that happened in Wayne County on Monday night. Nicholas K. Kates, 26, of Berea, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck by the Wayne County Coronerâs Office. According to KSP, the accident happened around 10:33 p.m. on Ky. 90 in Monticello. KSP states that Kates was driving a 2001 Ford pickup truck west on Ky. 90 when he lost control of the vehicle. The pickup hit a ditch, then reentered the roadway into oncoming traffic and hit a tractor trailer head on. That truck was a 2000 Peterbilt driven by Eric T. Garner, 30, of Chillicothe, Ohio.