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\nA two vehicle accident in Meade County has left one person dead and two others with life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
\nA two vehicle accident in Meade County has left one person dead and two others with life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
According to Kentucky State Police, the accident happened around 10:15 AM Thursday (8\/21) in the 14,000 block of US 60 near Guston-Bewleyville Road. A semi truck traveling east on US 60 driven by 77 year-old Marshall Morgan of Guston, for unknown reasons, crossed the center line and struck a westbound Ford F-150 driven by 74 year-old Glenda Ricketts, of Shepherdsville. A passenger in the pickup truck, 80 year-old Jerry Ricketts of Shepherdsville, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Meade County Coroner’s Office. Both Glenda Ricketts and Morgan were airlifted to University of Louisville Hospital with life-threatening injuries. <\/p>\n
Kentucky State Police was also assisted at the scene by the Irvington Police Department, Breckinridge County Sheriff’s Office, Meade County Sheriff’s Office, Breck Central EMS, Meade County EMS, Irvington, Ekron, Flaherty, and Fort Knox Fire Departments, Meade County and Breckinridge County Emergency Managements. <\/p>\n
The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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