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Passenger dies as result of Tompkinsville, KY hydroplaning crash

Wet road conditions a major factor in crash which resulted in the collision which claimed life of 24 year old Monroe County, KY, woman. Drivers of vehicles injured; from Edmonton, KY, transported to Greenview in Bowling Green, KY; the other admitted to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, KY.
By TFC Billy Gregory, Public Affairs Officer
Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY

(Columbia, KY.) - Units from Post 15 are investigating a collision that occurred earlier today at approximately 9:42amCT in the limits of Tompkinsville which claimed the life of 24-year-old Tiffany Porter.

She was the only passenger in a 1998 Ford operated by her husband, 22-year-old Joshua Porter; both are of Tompkinsville, KY.



The couple were traveling north on KY 163 when Porter's vehicle hydroplaned and slid into the path of a southbound 1995 Chevy Pickup operated by 41-year-old Raymond L Martin of Edmonton, KY.

Joshua Porter was transported and admitted to Vanderbilt Medical Center with serious injuries while Tiffany Porter was transported to the Monroe County Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead by the Monroe County Coroner.

Neither were wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision. Martin, who was belted, was transported to Greenview Medical Center in Bowling Green where he will be treated for non life threatening injuries.

Troopers Daniel Stephens and Dewayne Holder are investigating and were assisted at the scene by Tompkinsville Police Department.

Story courtesy TFC Billy 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.


This story was posted on 2012-02-01 19:19:30
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