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Overcorrection a factor in KY 551 crash

Tpr Billy Gregory, Public Affairs Officer
Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY


ADAIR CO, KY Tpr. Clint Walker is investigating a collision that occurred at 2:45pmCT, Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 4 miles north of Columbia, KY, on KY Highway 551.

Jim G. Burris, 80, Campbellsville, KY, was operating a 1994 GMC dump truck southbound on KY 551 when he lost control of the vehicle and ran off the right shoulder of the roadway.



Burris then overcorrected, ran off the left shoulder of the roadway and struck a utility pole, causing the vehicle to overturn in a pond.

Burris was transported by Adair County EMS to the Westlake Regional Hospital, 901 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY, where he was treated and released.
Story courtesy Trooper William Gregory, 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 Kimberly R. Popplewell


This story was posted on 2009-04-28 17:44:38
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