A First Assistant Fayette County Attorney has been identified as the person killed in a fiery crash in Woodford County Wednesday night.
Police say the driver of an SUV, Brian Mattone, 40, lost control along Old Frankfort Pike, just outside of Midway between US 62 and Aiken Road, around 10 p.m. The vehicle crashed through a fence, slammed into a tree and burst into flames.
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Mattone was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner said Mattone died of blunt force trauma injuries before the fire broke out.
Just minutes after the crash, Lexington Police and Fayette County attorney Larry Roberts showed up at the scene.
After graduating from law school, Mattone worked as a prosecutor for eight years at the Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, specializing in the prosecution of sex offenses committed against children. Mattone joined the Fayette County Attorney’s Office in September, 2006.
Police continue to investigate the crash.
