ON 08-28-08 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:34 AM THE MCCRACKEN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES ON PUGH ROAD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE NORTH OF BENTON RD INTERSECTION. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN MARANDA MASON 27 OF PADUCAH WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON PUGH RD AND TRIED TO MANIPULATE A LEFT TURN INTO A PRIVATE DRIVE. MRS. MASON OVERCORRECTED, LEFT THE ROADWAY, AND OVERTURNED IN A DITCH. THE VEHICLE MRS. MASON WAS DRIVING WAS A 1994 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS RED IN COLOR, AND IT SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. MRS. MASON WAS TREATED ON SCENE BY MERCY REGIONAL EMS AND LATER TRANSPORTED TO WESTERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL FOR HEAD INJURIES. THE ACCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY DEPUTY DWAYNE PICKETT AND WAS ASSISTED ON SCENE BY MERCY REGIONAL EMS, AND REIDLAND FARLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALCOHOL WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT. MRS. MASON WAS ADMITTED TO WESTERN BAPTIST FOR HER INJURIES. DUE TO HER INJURIES SHE WAS CITED TO COURT ON CHARGES OF OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL 1ST OFFENSE

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SGT. BRAD WALLACE

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SGT Brad Wallace

McCracken Co. Sheriff's Department