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Sixteen year old Columbian dies as result of State Park Rd. crash

UPDATED STORY: 6:22pmCT, Thursday, October 16, 2008

One person died and two other occupants were injured as the result of a crash caused by a rainslick roadway, at 3:00pmCT, today, Thursday, October 15, 2008. The accident occurred 2 miles south of Columbia on State Park Road.

Tasha Pelston, 16, Columbia, KY, a passenger, died as a result of injuries she sustained in the accident. She was prounounced deceased at the Taylor County Hospital in Campbellsville by Taylor County Hospital.


According to the KSP, the driver, LInda Pelston, 47, was northbound on State Park Road, met another vehicle and applied the brakes and lost control because of the wet road way, overturned, and ejected both passengers.

Linda Pelston, 47, the driver,and Ronnie Pelston, 42, a passenger both residents of Columbia, KY, were treated and released at Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia.No seatbelts were in use at the time of the accident, according to police.

Trooper Andy Olson of Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, investigated the accident.
Story courtesy Trooper William Gregory, is Public Affairs Officer, Kentucky State Police Post 15, 1118 Jamestown ST, (at Exit 49, Louie B. Nunn Parkway), Columbia, KY. Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, covers the 11 counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Taylor and Washington. Thanks also to Dispatcher Randall J. Adams


This story was posted on 2008-10-17 03:58:32
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