Bardstown, KY : One dead in vehicle accident early Sunday morning, August 21, 2016

One man is dead after an automobile accident early Sunday morning, Nelson County deputy coroner Brian Papenfuss confirmed to The Kentucky Standard in a Sunday afternoon phone interview.

The accident occurred shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday according to a press release sent by the Nelson County Sheriff's Office Sunday afternoon.

According to police, a 2007 Saab operated by 24-year-old Tyler Kays, of Bardstown, was traveling eastbound on U.S. Route 150. The vehicle left the roadway for unknown reasons, according to police, crossed into the westbound lane, where it continued into the ditch line and then into a private drive where the car impacted a stone support for a steel privacy gate. The impact caused the vehicle to spin around where it caught on fire and burned until it was extinguished by the Nelson County Fire Department. Kays was pronounced dead at the scene by the Nelson County Coroner's Office.

The Sheriff's Office is continuing its investigation.

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One dead in early Sunday morning vehicle accident