A one-vehicle, fatal crash occurred Tuesday evening in Clay County on US 45 approximately 3 miles south of Lousiville. 67 year old William J. Viehmeyer of Clay City was attempting to pass another vehicle and lost control of his 1995 Nissan Pathfinder.

The vehicle traveled off the roadway to the left and overturned multiple times ejecting Viehmeyer and the 43 year old passenger, Randall R. Helms Jr. of Louisville. Viehmeyer was pronounced dead at the scene. Helms was airlifted to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana and ticketed for failure to wear a seatbelt.

U.S. 45 was closed with traffic rerouted for approximately 4 ½ hours for crash investigation and scene clean up. The crash occurred at 7:04pm.