Subject:

ACCIDENT SENDS ONE TO LOCAL HOSPITAL

Date:

FEB.17,2010

    AT 0830 MCCRACKEN COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES AT HUSBAND ROAD AND I-24.A 2007 GMC SIERRA DRIVEN BY 61 YEAR OLD LARRY BROWN OF PINSON TN. WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON HUSBAND ROAD AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO GET ONTO I-24. MR. BROWN DID NOT SEE A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY DRIVEN BY 36 YEAR OLD JENNIFER GRATZ OF PADUCAH AND TURNED IN FRONT OF HER. MS. GRATZ DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REACT AND AVOID THE COLLISION. MS. GRATZ WAS TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE AND WAS REMOVED BY MECHANICAL MEANS BY REIDLAND FARLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT. MS. GRATZ WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOURDES HOSPITAL BY MERCY AMBULANCE  SERVICE FOR TREATMENT OF NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

Thanks,

Deputy Malcolm Couch

McCracken County Sheriff’s Department