A Bowling Green teen died after a weekend two vehicle accident in Elizabethtown.
Kentucky State Police and emergency crews were called to the Bluegrass Parkway in Elizabethtown Sunday (11/5)afternoon around 3:30 pm. The accident happened at the 0 mile marker on the Bluegrass Parkway
Connor Sheehan, 17 of Bowling Green, was operating a 2006 Chevrolet HHR on the Westbound on-ramp of the Bluegrass Parkway traveling toward I-65. Brenda Watkins, 57 of Lexington, was operating a 2009 Ford Fusion and traveling Eastbound on the Bluegrass Parkway ramp headed towards Northbound I-65.
For unknown reasons, Sheehan’s vehicle crossed the median, overturned, and struck Watkins’s vehicle head on. Sheehan was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hardin County Coroner’s Office. Watkins was taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital by Hardin County EMS with non life-threatening injuries.
Both drivers were wearing seatbelts and alcohol is not believed to be a contributing factor. The accident is still under investigation by Kentucky State Police.
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