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Driver killed after flatbed truck leaves roadway

The driver of a 1978 Chevy flatbed truck was killed when the vehicle left the roadway, traveled down a steep embankment, before coming ot a final rest upside down in a ravine.

The accident occurred as the vehicle was headed east Saturday morning, some time between 4:40am and 11:30am ET, on Tatum Lane, four miles west of Gravel Switch, KY.

John Wesley Hill, 30, Lebanon, KY, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Marion County Coroner.



A passenger, James Robert Spalding, 18, Lebanon, KY, was airlifted from the scene by Lifenet and taken to the University of Louisville Hospital. He was belted at the time of the wreck.

Trooper Les Moses, Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, investigated the incident.
Story courtesy Trooper Dwaine Barnett, Public Affairs Officer, Kentucky State Police Post 15, 1118 Jamestown ST, (at Exit 49, Louie B. Nunn Parkway), Columbia, KY. For more on Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, Click HereThanks also to Dispatcher Stacy Estes.


This story was posted on 2006-12-02 18:06:59
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