Northbound and southbound traffic on North U.S. 27 in Eubank was rerouted for six hours yesterday while law enforcement investigated the scene of a four-vehicle collision which injured six individuals — one critically.
The collision occurred at 2:37 p.m. approximately 12 miles north of Somerset.
According to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department, Murrell C. Denney, 71, of Waynesburg, who was driving a white 2002 GMC, was stopped on U.S. 27 waiting to turn left onto Skyline Drive, and Tanya K. Clark, 32, of Peru, Ind., driving a silver 2003 Pontiac, was slowing down behind the Denney vehicle on U.S. 27, when the Clark vehicle was struck from behind by a gold 2005 Chevrolet driven by Samuel S. Jenkins, 20, of Monticello.
The impact pushed Clark’s vehicle into the rear of Denney’s vehicle and then into the northbound lane, where it was hit again by a silver 1999 Chevrolet driven by Paula F. Weddle, 44, of Liberty. Weddle had been traveling northbound on U.S. 27.
Clark’s vehicle then crossed back into the southbound lane and struck the Denney vehicle a second time.
“Remarkably, there was only minor damage (to the Denney vehicle),” Pulaski Sheriff Todd Wood said.
Mr. Denney and a passenger in his vehicle whose name was not available at press time, both of whom were uninjured, remained in their vehicle, and were able to drive away from the scene once the other vehicles were cleared away, Wood said.
Clark was extricated from her vehicle by members of the Somerset-Pulaski County Rescue Squad and was treated at the scene by the Somerset Fire/EMS Department.
A passenger in Jenkins’ vehicle, Gary Carroll, 54, of Monticello, was also treated at the scene by the Somerset Fire/EMS Department.
Clark and Carroll were later airlifted from the scene and flown to the University of Kentucky Medical Center by Life-Net and by PHI Aero-Medical Services.
Weddle and three passengers in her vehicle, Tonya New, 29, of Crab Orchard, Steven Zelaya, age one, also of Crab Orchard, and Dorothy Foley, 67, of Eubank, were taken to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital by the Somerset Fire/EMS Department and the Waynesburg Rescue Squad.
Conditions of the patients could not be obtained by press time Monday night.
Wood, however, said Clark was “very critical” when she was airlifted yesterday afternoon.
The investigation is continuing by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department’s accident reconstruction unit.
Sheriff’s units were assisted at the scene by the Eubank Fire Department and the Pulaski County Public Safety Director.
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Six people were injured in a four-vehicle collision on North U.S. 27 yesterday. Three of the vehicles involved in the crash are shown in this photo. The driver of the silver passenger car was airlifted to the UK Medical Center. The two occupants of the white SUV were uninjured. Susan Wheeldon Photo
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Two individuals were airlifted to the UK Medical Center in separate helicopters within minutes of each other yesterday. Susan Wheeldon Photo
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Pulaski carries Girdler to win
In the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s primary election, it was impossible to miss the colorful signs dotting nearly every Pulaski roadway. The names in the race for the 15th State Senatorial District seat popped out: A.C. Donahue. Chris Girdler. Mark Polston.Once citizens hit the ballots, however, the results mirrored the dimensions of the signs themselves: Chris Girdler stood the tallest.Girdler, deputy district director for Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers, ran away with the votes inside Pulaski County’s borders, earning 3,926 votes for 62.05 percent of the total number cast.That number more than doubled the next highest vote-getter, businessman Mark Polston, who raked in 1,624 votes for 25.67 percent.However, Polston — who owns Classic Carpet, a home-flooring business located just off the southern 914 bypass — can claim a moral victory ... three of them, in fact. In all three counties in the district other than Pulaski — those being Adair, Casey, and Russell Counties — Polston actually edged out Girdler.In Adair, Polston beat Girdler 629 to 394. In Casey County, it was 538 to 417, and in Russell, it was 1,862 to 1,038.Polston said he just “couldn’t pull it out with the numbers” and that “the machine worked for” Girdler in Pulaski County.“I think that was their strategy — I think they had a Pulaski County strategy all along,” said Polston. “They played the political game well.”Polston said the difference between his and Girdler’s campaigns was that “mine was a very, very grass roots campaign,” he said. “I did not have a political machine behind me. I understand how this process works, and in this instance, he prevailed.”As for why Girdler didn’t take three of four counties, the winning candidate — since there are no Democrats in the race, winning the Republican primary was effectively a final victory for Girdler — said he didn’t have an answer for that.However, “I believe things happen for a reason and I hope the long and strenuous campaign will only heighten my desire to move beyond the bitterness and partisanship of the recent past,” said Girdler.“Regionalism is a goal of mine, and I look forward to helping all four counties,” he added, noting that he campaigned heavily in each of them.Sen. Vernie McGaha, the long-time state senator whose seat the candidates were vying for, actually supported Polston after Liberty’s Todd Hoskins dropped out of the race earlier this month.Donahue, a local attorney, got 556 votes in Pulaski County, 8.79 percent of the vote. He only received 145 votes in Russell County, 74 in Adair County, and 75 in Casey County, where hometown candidate Hoskins almost matched him with 71 votes despite no longer being officially in the race.Polston said he’s “still digesting” what happened, and though “the process has been a very good experience for me,” he wouldn’t commit to running again in the future. “I wouldn’t shut the door to anything, but I’m not opening any doors either.”Still, “I think I got a lot of people involved in the process that had not been involved before and would not have been otherwise,” he said. “A lot of people got out and worked really hard, got motivated to talk to friends and neighbors. I think a lot of people became involved through this campaign that are going to be involved for a long time.”Girdler stressed his “positive message” and said that Rogers is a “mentor and good friend” that he would turn to for advice in dealing with a frequently combative legislative body in Frankfort, one for which Girdler hopes to help change the culture.Girdler said that he was “confident and optimistic” during the day Tuesday because he’d “worked extremely hard.” Nevertheless, the realization that he’d won gave him “chill bumps,” he said.“I’m absolutely honored,” said Girdler. “The position of state senator is more than an honor, more than an office. It’s a charge to keep, and I will give it my all.“I pledge to be the people’s state senator,” he added. “I look forward to working with everyone to move this region forward.” - Local Democrats diss Obama
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