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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