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A fatal collision occurred on Upper Johns Creek Road in the Kimper area of Pike County on Thursday, April 12, 2018. At 2:47pm Kentucky State Police Post 9 received a call of a single vehicle motorcycle crash with two occupants involved. Upon arrival, it was determined the motorcycle was traveling east on KY Rt. 632, when it lost control and exited the roadway into the creek bed. The operator, 56-year-old James Shepherd, and his passenger, 76-year-old Geneva Hunter, both of Phyllis, were declared deceased by the Pike County Coroner. The collision remains under investigation.