Kentucky State Police Post 4 troopers responded to a fatal collision in Grayson County Saturday afternoon.
The collision happened just around 1 p.m. CDT at the intersection of William Thomason Byway and Salt River Road.
The preliminary investigation revealed 70 year-old Elizabeth Roof, of Leitchfield, was operating a 2010 Nissan Sentra eastbound on Salt River Road when she failed to stop at the intersection of William Thomason Byway. After entering the intersection she struck a 2017 Ford Explorer traveling northbound in the driver’s side. The Ford was operated by 58 year-old Michael Richardson, of Tipp City, Ohio.
Roof was transported to Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center by Grayson EMS, where she was later pronounced deceased by the Grayson County Coroner’s Office. Richardson was flown to Norton Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The William Thomason Byway was shut down for several hours in order to allow troopers to reconstruct the collision. Kentucky State Police was assisted at the scene by the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, Grayson EMS and the Grayson County Coroner’s Office.
The collision remains under investigation by the Kentucky State Police.
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