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Crash shuts down Eastbound lanes, LBN Parkway, Russell Co., KY

Louie B. Nunn/Cumberland Parkway eastbound blocked for about 5 hours following tractor trailer accident. after driver loses control of tractor trailer, leaves roadway, and overturn as load of steel beams shifts. Driver Scottie Castle entrapped, refuses Stat Flight treatment; he was transported to Russell County Hospital by EMS, where he was treated and released

Officer DeWayne S. Koch
Public Region 2, Kentucky State Police, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

Columbia, KY (May 1,2013) - The Kentucky State Police responded to the 68 mm east bound on Louie B Nunn Cumberland Parkway that involved an overturned tractor trailer.

Preliminary investigation shows that around 2pmCT on Tuesday afternoon the driver Scottie Castle of Somerset, KY, was traveling east on Cumberland Parkway when he lost control of his vehicle causing it to go off the road down into ditch. As the truck began to come back up on roadway the load shifted causing the truck and trailer to overturn.



Mr. Castle was entrapped and had to extracted from the vehicle by the Russell Spring Fire Department. Stat Flight was on scene, however Mr. Castle refused treatment from Stat Flight and was transported to Russell County Hospital by EMS. He was later treated and released with minor injuries.

The roadway was shut down for about 5 hours while the truck, trailer, and load were removed from the scene. Mr. Castle was transporting steel beams for RTC of Columbia, KY. - Ofc. DeWayne S. Koch


This story was posted on 2013-05-01 18:40:20
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