09/28/2008

INJURY ACCIDENT ON KENTUCKY DAM ROAD.
            THE WEST BOUND LANE OF KENTUCKY DAM ROAD WAS SHUT DOWN THIS AFTERNOON FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES DUE TO AN INJURY ACCIDENT. 52 YEAR OLD PHILLIP D. GILBERT OF PADUCAH WHO WAS OPERATING A 2005 HONDA CIVIC, WAS WEST BOUND ON KENTUCKY DAM ROAD. A 1998 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK OPERATED BY 61 YEAR OLD MICHAEL TOLLIE FROM ALABAMA WAS ALSO WEST BOUND ON KENTUCKY DAM ROAD. ACCORDING TO GILBERT, TOLLIE MADE A LANE CHANGE AND THEN A LEFT TURN JUST IN FRONT OF GILBERT WHO WAS UNABLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION. TOLLIE WAS NOT INJURED. GILBERT WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOURDES BY MERCY FOR NECK AND SHOULDER INJURY. HIS PASSENGER 56 YEAR OLD LINDA GILBERT ALSO OF PADUCAH, WAS NOT INJURED.  REIDLAND / FARLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED AT THE SCENE.

Thanks,
Deputy Greg Moyers
McCracken Co. Sheriff's Department