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• Kenneth Redden, 39, a passenger in the red Honda Civic, pictured, was flown to the UK Medical Center after he was injured when the Civic, driven by Cindy Pope, 43, of Whitley City, collided with an F250 truck driven by David Acton, 34, of Somerset. Pope was transported to LCRH for treatment of her injuries. An 11-year-old passenger in the Civic, and Actond the passengers in the truck were not injured.n a

  

June 30, 2009

Two are injured in Ky. 70 crash

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By HEATHER PYLES, CJ Staff Writer The Commonwealth Journal Tue Jun 30, 2009, 08:49 AM EDT

Somerset — One individual was flown to the University of Kentucky and another transported to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital after a two-vehicle accident occurred yesterday afternoon in northern Pulaski County.

Emergency personnel received a report of an injury accident at 12:49 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Ky. 70 and Good Hope Church Road in northern Pulaski County near the Woodstock community.

The accident occurred when a west bound 1997 Honda Civic, driven by Cindy Pope, 43, of Whitley City, struck a 1992 Ford F250 truck, also west bound, driven by David Acton, 34, of Somerset, in the driver’s side door.

Pulaski County Sheriff Todd Wood said Pope attempted to pass Acton just as he began to turn left onto Good Hope Church Road.

“(Pope) didn’t realize (Acton) was going to turn,” Wood said.

Pope and a passenger in the Civic, Kenneth Redden, 39, suffered minor head injuries. Redden also suffered from some type of hip injury and was flown from the scene by LifeNet to the UK Medical Center.

An 11-year-old that was in the Civic at the time of the crash was uninjured. Wood said the 11-year-old was wearing a seat belt when the incident occurred. Wood said it did not appear that Pope and Redden were wearing seat belts.

Redden was listed in fair condition last night at the UK Medical Center.

Pope was still being treated in the emergency room at LCRH and was listed in fair conditionas well.

Acton and two passengers in the truck, Sebastian Walker, 48, of Somerset, and Jeffrey Hines, 29, of Eubank, were uninjured.

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department was assisted on the scene by Woodstock Volunteer Fire Department, Somerset-Pulaski EMS and LifeNet.

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  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.”

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