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Arrest follows 2-vehicle injury collision at Hardscratch, KY

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

COLUMBIA, KY. Trooper Andy Olson is investigating a collision that occurred at 8:35amCT, Saturday morning, October 3, 2009, seven miles south of Columbia, KY on KY 55.

The collision occurred when a 1991 Toyota, operated by Glenn S. Mitchum, age 41, of Columbia, KY, was leaving Hardscratch General Store and pulled into the path of a 1998 Pontiac, which was being operated by Gwen Beckwith, age 49, of Jamestown, KY, who was traveling northbound on KY 55.



As a result of the impact, the Beckwith vehicle traveled across the roadway and struck a telephone pole.

Beckwith, who was belted at the time of the collision, was transported from the scene by Adair County EMS.

Mitchum, who was not belted and not injured, was arrested at the scene for DUI and lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail.

Story courtesy TFC 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 Stacy Estes.


This story was posted on 2009-10-03 12:55:04
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