Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Two People Die In Seperate Car Crashes In Pike County.
Two automobile crashes that happened around an hour apart resulted in two fatalities Tuesday morning in Pike County.
The first accident happened at 10:30 a.m. The victim 36 year old Norman Hayes of Ulysses was operating a tractor trailer northbound on Route 468 at Big Creek. According to the KSP press release Hayes lost control of the vehicle . The tractor-trailer overturned into a ditch. Hayes was pronounced at the scene.
The second accident happened at 11:32 a.m. on US 119 at Belfry. The Kentucky State Police say the victim, 80 year old Kathleen Hensley of Hardy, was attempting to make a left turn onto US 119 from the parking lot of the Dollar General Store when she pulled into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer.
The first accident happened at 10:30 a.m. The victim 36 year old Norman Hayes of Ulysses was operating a tractor trailer northbound on Route 468 at Big Creek. According to the KSP press release Hayes lost control of the vehicle . The tractor-trailer overturned into a ditch. Hayes was pronounced at the scene.
The second accident happened at 11:32 a.m. on US 119 at Belfry. The Kentucky State Police say the victim, 80 year old Kathleen Hensley of Hardy, was attempting to make a left turn onto US 119 from the parking lot of the Dollar General Store when she pulled into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer.