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On Friday, December 7, 2018, around 12pm, Kentucky State Police Post 9 Pikeville received a call of a single vehicle accident on US 23 in Ivel. Upon arrival, Troopers determined a passenger vehicle traveling southbound on US 23 had left the highway, entered the ditch, and struck the embankment. The vehicle then rolled over several times ejecting the operator into the ditch. The driver, identified as 65-year-old Freddy Lyons of Garrett, was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Floyd County Deputy Coroner Chuck Hall. The cause of the accident has not been determined at this time.