LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Two people are dead after a wrong-way crash on I-265 South on Sunday, November 3rd.

Louisville police said around 1:40 a.m. officers were called to Gene Snyder, just past the New Cut Road interchange, where they found the wreckage.

An initial investigation, along with witness statements, showed that a man was driving on Dixie Highway, going northbound in the southbound lanes, before colliding with a woman’s car at mile marker 5.8.

LMPD said both cars were heavily damaged. First responders worked to free the man and woman, but EMS determined both died at the scene in their vehicles.

Police said at this time they don’t know if the wrong-way driver was impaired or not.

The southbound lanes were closed for several hours after the collision.

The LMPD Traffic Unit is investigating.

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