Thursday, July 14, 2011
Accident Kills Paintsville Man
- {Kentucky}...State Police say John Hibbens, 50, of Paintsville was driving a pickup on KY 172 in Morgan County late Wednesday night when his vehicle crossed the center line. Hibbens applied the brakes and attempted to steer the vehicle back into the westbound lane, but the vehicle dropped off the left shoulder of the roadway, traveled down an embankment and struck a utility pole, overturned and ejected him. Hibbens was pronounced dead at the scene.