This story was written by the Owenton News Herald.

A Henry County man is dead following what the Owen County Sheriff’s Office is calling a “tragic accident” near Gratz.

Emergency personnel responded to dispatch near the 8200 block of Gratz Road, at 3:46 p.m., Friday, after the brakes failed on a truck hauling 7 tons of fertilizer, according to Owen County Sheriff’s Deputy Marvin Goodrich.