Thursday, January 21, 2010
Fiery Crash Results In Death
KENTUCKY....
U.S. 23 in the Hager Hill area south of Paintsville near the Johnson-Floyd County line was closed for several hours Thursday morning when around 10:30 A.M. a fiery crash occurred involving a coal truck and an SUV. Kentucky State Police say 33 year old Valerie Spurlock was driving her SUV when it crossed the center line, traveled 600 or 700 feet in the left-center lane of the highway and slammed head-on into a coal truck, causing the SUV to burst into flames. Spurlock was killed instantly.
U.S. 23 in the Hager Hill area south of Paintsville near the Johnson-Floyd County line was closed for several hours Thursday morning when around 10:30 A.M. a fiery crash occurred involving a coal truck and an SUV. Kentucky State Police say 33 year old Valerie Spurlock was driving her SUV when it crossed the center line, traveled 600 or 700 feet in the left-center lane of the highway and slammed head-on into a coal truck, causing the SUV to burst into flames. Spurlock was killed instantly.