Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Eastern Kentucky Man Killed In Mingo County Automobile Accident.
A two vehicle accident that ocurred in Mingo County Tuesday morning has claimed the life of a Johnson County man. The accident happened at the intersection of Route 52 and US 119
According to the West Virginia State Police 45 year-old Mark King of Flat Gap, Kentucky was killed when the car he was driving was attempting to cross onto the southbound lanes of US 119 he pulled out in front of a truck that was traveling northbound. The driver of the truck, Jeff Ratliff of Pikeville, Kentucky, refused medical treatment.
The accident remains under investigation.
According to the West Virginia State Police 45 year-old Mark King of Flat Gap, Kentucky was killed when the car he was driving was attempting to cross onto the southbound lanes of US 119 he pulled out in front of a truck that was traveling northbound. The driver of the truck, Jeff Ratliff of Pikeville, Kentucky, refused medical treatment.
The accident remains under investigation.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 5:08 PM 
