09-24-2008

SEMI-TRACTOR VS SUV. ON JOHN L. PURYEAR INJURES A BENTON, KY WOMAN.

       AT 0512 HRS TODAY MCCRACKEN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO AN INJURY ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF JOHN L PURYEAR AND HOVEKAMP ROAD. GABRIEL A ROJAS OF WEST PALM BEACH, FL, STATED HE WAS TRAVELING EAST ON JOHN L. PURYEAR RD IN A 2009 INTERNATIONAL SEMI BLUE IN COLOR WHEN A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE PULLED INTO HIS PATH. THE SUV WAS A 1999 CHEVY TAHOE BLACK IN COLOR OPERATED BY KIMBERLEY BLALOCK OF BENTON, KY. BLALOCK WAS TRANSPORTED TO WESTERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL BY MERCY REGIONAL AMBULANCE TO BE EVALUATED FOR HER INJURIES. MR. ROJAS AND HIS PASSENGER MANUEL MUNOZ OF MIAMI, FL WERE NOT INJURED AND REFUSED TO BE SEEN BY EMS PERSONEL. MRS. BLALOCK STATED SHE WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM HOVEKAMP RD ONTO JOHN L PURYEAR WHEN SHE HEARD THE CRASH BUT DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIT HER. JOHN L. PURYEAR RD. WAS CLOSED UNTIL 0700 HRS FOR THE COLLISION TO BE CLEANED UP FROM THE ROADWAY. SHERIFF DEPUTY'S WERE ASSISTED AT THE SCENE BY MERCY REGIONAL AMBULANCE, REIDLAND FARELY FIRE DEPT., KENTUCKY VEHICLE ENFOREMENT, JEWELL'S TOWING SERVICE, AND HIPPIE'S TOWING SERVICE. THE COLLISION WAS INVESTIGATED BY DEPUTY CORY GOLIGHTLY.

Thanks,
Deputy Cory Golightly
McCracken Co. Sheriff's Department