Saturday, July 31, 2010
Man Found Engulfed In Flames
KENTUCKY....
A Missouri man who set himself on fire behind the Holiday Inn Express in Corbin told police that he was attempting suicide. An employee found 42 year old Kenneth Patrick Turvey of Pevely, Missouri engulfed in flames around 4:00 A.M. Friday morning and extinguished the fire with water from a nearby ditch. Witnesses said Turvey had been seen filling some gas cans before the fire started. Police say he was having marriage problems and his RV had broken down in Corbin. Turvey was taken to Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin and later was transferred to University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington where he was listed in critical condition Friday afternoon. Police say virtually his entire body had been burned.
A Missouri man who set himself on fire behind the Holiday Inn Express in Corbin told police that he was attempting suicide. An employee found 42 year old Kenneth Patrick Turvey of Pevely, Missouri engulfed in flames around 4:00 A.M. Friday morning and extinguished the fire with water from a nearby ditch. Witnesses said Turvey had been seen filling some gas cans before the fire started. Police say he was having marriage problems and his RV had broken down in Corbin. Turvey was taken to Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin and later was transferred to University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington where he was listed in critical condition Friday afternoon. Police say virtually his entire body had been burned.
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