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Nancy man in second serious wreck since July
Somerset — A man who several months ago was critically injured in a one-vehicle accident that claimed his wife’s life was involved in another serious car accident yesterday.
Denzil L. Pitman Jr., 39, of Potter Shop Road, Nancy, was operating a 1999 Dodge Dakota pickup eastbound on Ky. 196 in Nancy at around 2:46 p.m. when he “lost control of the vehicle on the wet roadway, and left the roadway on the south side of Ky. 196,” according to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department.
The truck reportedly struck an earthen embankment and traveled through a small portion of a pond beside Ky. 196 before it struck a fence.
“Pitman’s vehicle continued forward, striking a utility pole before coming to rest on its top,” stated a press release from the sheriff’s department.
Members of the Pulaski County Rescue Squad worked for several minutes to extricate Pitman from his vehicle, and once freed, he was flown from the scene by Air Methods to the University of Kentucky Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.
A passenger in the truck, Jessica Hudson, 25, also of 716 Potter Shop Road, Nancy, was treated at the scene by Somerset-Pulaski County EMS and transported to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.
In July of this year Pitman was behind the wheel of a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse on Ky. 196 when he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle left the roadway, flipped, and landed on its top in the roadway. Pitman and a passenger in the Eclipse, Pitman’s wife, Laura Pitman, then 36, were ejected from the vehicle. Laura Pitman succumbed to her injuries sustained in the accident. Denzil Pitman was seriously injured in the July accident.
Along with the rescue squad, Somerset-Pulaski County EMS and Air Methods, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department was assisted at the scene by Faubush Volunteer Fire Department and Nancy Volunteer Fire Department.
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Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force officials estimate that the City of Somerset’s lack of involvement in the task force could lead to a loss of some $250,000 in federal funding per year — a chunk which could easily force the task force to close its doors.
David Keller, deputy director of Appalachia HIDTA, a major funding source for the local drug task force and the reason why federal and state law enforcement officers are able to be a part of the agency, says the agency’s current situation is more serious than many people realize.
Keller says HIDTA has made a “huge investment” in the LCADTF, but that folks shouldn’t get too comfortable with the agency’s ability to obtain grant money at the federal or state level.
“This is not entitlement money. ... Our grant is performance driven, and it’s sought after by competitive forces,” Keller said. “If this agency doesn’t produce, they stand a risk of not having the task force funded. That money will go someplace else — to another county that would love to have it.” -
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