Monday, March 29, 2010
Accident Kills Pike County Workers
KENTUCKY....
Kentucky State Police report 32 year old Kevin D. Jones of Dorton and 20 year old Paul Williamson of Harold were killed as the result of an accident around 8:30 A.M. Monday morning in the Mouthcard area of Pike County. Police say they were struck by an 18-wheeler while placing work signs along the road to warn motorists of tree trimming at the intersection of 460 and Highway 1499. The truck driver, 44 year old Arthur Davis of Blackwood South Carolina, was arrested and charged with not having a valid operator's license, failing to have a commercial operator's license, not properly logging his work hours and having a radar detector in a commercial vehicle. Davis told police that, as he came down a hill on U.S. 460 toward an intersection, he attempted to turn left to avoid hitting an auto-parts store and other buildings that were straight ahead, but lost control and ran off the road, hitting the workers.
Kentucky State Police report 32 year old Kevin D. Jones of Dorton and 20 year old Paul Williamson of Harold were killed as the result of an accident around 8:30 A.M. Monday morning in the Mouthcard area of Pike County. Police say they were struck by an 18-wheeler while placing work signs along the road to warn motorists of tree trimming at the intersection of 460 and Highway 1499. The truck driver, 44 year old Arthur Davis of Blackwood South Carolina, was arrested and charged with not having a valid operator's license, failing to have a commercial operator's license, not properly logging his work hours and having a radar detector in a commercial vehicle. Davis told police that, as he came down a hill on U.S. 460 toward an intersection, he attempted to turn left to avoid hitting an auto-parts store and other buildings that were straight ahead, but lost control and ran off the road, hitting the workers.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:33 PM 
