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Driver injured in Sunday evening crash on rainslick KY 80 W

POLICE REPORTS

Accident occurs this side of Dick Sneed Road, on Gradyville side of Nell Hill

By Ed Waggener
ColumbiaStatesman.com special report

A Columbia driver survived a wild ride and crash when his small 1994 Nissan pickup truck rounded a curve, ran off the road, hit several tree tops, and flipped several times before coming to a rest on all all four wheels.



Clayton Folden, 56, 904 Appen Avenue, Columbia, KY, was taken to Westlake Cumberland Hospital in Columbia, KY, by the Adair County Ambulance service following the wreck, which occurred at around 6:15pmCT last night, Sunday, January 13, 2008.

The accident occurred about eight miles out West KY 80, the Edmonton Road. Folden was traveling over the Gradyville side of Nell Hill, toward Columbia. "He left the road just this side of Dick Sneed Road," Deputy Burton said.

"He clipped off off some trees there," Burton said. "And he came to a rest in some mud in the flat field at the foot of the big hill, near where the new mobile home is being set up. between 80 and the parkway."

The truck sustained damage to every panel of sheet metal, and all of the glass was knocked out of shattered.

Rain and slick roads were factors, Deputy Burton, said.

Folden had a seat belt in use, the investigating officer said.
Adair County Sheriff Ralph Curry, Adair County Sheriff's Office, 500 Public Square, Columbia, Ky. 42728. Phone 270-384-2776

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This story was posted on 2008-01-14 15:14:58
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1994 Nissan pickup sustains heavy damage in West KY 80 crash



2008-01-14 - Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
TWISTED STEEL, SHATTERED GLASS, mud and damage to almost every part were in evidence following a Sunday evening crash on KY 80, at the foot of the big hill west of Gradyville, KY. Clayton Folden, 56, Columbia, KY, rounded the curve heading toward Gradyville when he lost control of the vehicle and flipped several times. Deputy Michael Burton, the investigating officer, says the accident was caused by rain and slick roads.

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