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Injury crash near GF thought to have been result of blowout

Driver extricated by Adair County Fire Department

According to Adair County Deputy Sheriff Michael Burton, and single vehicle accident which pinned the driver in his vehicle and necessitated an airlift from Westlake Hospital, is believed to have been caused by a blown tire.

The call on the accident came in this afternoonFriday, August 9, 2008, at 4:16pmCT, Deputy Burton said.

Clinton Bunch, 33, of Melson Ridge Road, Columbia, KY, was traveling east on KY 900 toward Glens Fork, in a 1999 Chevy S-10, and struck a concrete bridge about one mile west of Glens Ford on KY 900.



He was trapped in the vehicle and it came to a rest. "It took the fire department 8-10 minutes to extricate him," Deputy Burton said.

Besides Deputy Burton and the Adair County Fire Department, the Adair County Emergency Ambulance Service was on the scene. The EMC transported Bunch to Westake and AirEvac transported him to a trauma center.
Story information courtesy Deputy Michael Burton, Adair County Sheriff's Department, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY. Ralph D. Curry, Sheriff.


This story was posted on 2008-08-08 18:20:52
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Front end of S-10 after crash near Glens Fork



2008-08-08 - Glens Fork, KY - Photo By Michael Burton, Deputy Adair Co. Sheriff.
IT TOOK THE ADAIR COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT eight to 10 minutes to extricate the driver of this 1999 Chevy S-10 after the vehicle hit a bridge about one mile west of Glens Fork, KY, on KY 900. The accident resulted in the driver, Clinton Bunch, 33, being transported by Adair EMS to Westlake Regional Hospital and then being airlifted to a larger hospital.

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