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Monroe motorcyclist dies as result of crash on KY 63

Rider dies after being airlifted to Vanderbilt University Hospital from crash site five miles north of Tompkinsville, KY

By TFC William R. Gregory, Public Affairs Officer
Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY

TOMPKINSVILLE, KY - Tpr. Logan Richardson is investigating a collision that occurred on Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 4:45pmCT on KY 63, 5 miles north of Tompkinsville. 30-year-old James Short II was traveling north on KY 63 operating a 1997 Harley Davidson Motorcycle when he failed to negotiate a curve, left the roadway and struck a fence post. Short and a passenger, 30-year-old Joshua Covey of Tompkinsville, were both ejected from the motorcycle. Neither occupant was wearing a helmet and both were flown to Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville. Short was pronounced dead at the hospital at 7:08pmCT. The investigation is ongoing and alcohol is believed to be involved.

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.




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