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HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. – A teenager died Sunday, October 27 after being hit be a vehicle in the parking lot of a Hopkinsville funeral home.
According to a report by Hopkinsville Police, the 16 year old driver was talking to a friend at 700 Country Club Lane, and put the vehicle in reverse striking Charley Coker, 16 of Crofton.
The driver told police the brakes failed. Coker was sitting on a skateboard when he was hit. He died at the scene. The investigation is ongoing.