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Police report gives details of fatal crash on Hwy 55 Tuesday

The following Campbellsville Police report from Larry Smith, general manager of the Big Dawg radio, gives the details of the fatal crash on Hwy 55 yesterday. Individuals from Adair, Taylor, Green and Cumberland Counties are affected by the multi-vehicle pileup.

From Sergeant Shannon Wilson Campbellsville Police Department

On Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 3:27pmET the Campbellsville Police Department responded to an automobile collision on Kentucky 55 in the area of Swan's Landing.

A 2017 GMC Yukon operated by 50 year old Kathy Begley of Campbellsville was stopped on Kentucky 55 waiting to make a left hand turn into Swan's Landing when a 2003 Dodge dually pickup operated by 29 year old John Yoder of Columbia, who was pulling a goose neck trailer loaded with logs, failed to see several vehicles stopped in front of him waiting for Begley to turn.



Yoder struck a 2007 Chevrolet Impala in the rear operated by 48 year old David R. Coop of Albany which caused a chain reaction collision. The Coop vehicle which was a taxi owned by Smith's Taxi LLC of Albany, KY then struck a 2003 Honda Element operated by 30 year old Sarah A. Hedgespeth of Greensburg causing the Hedgespeth vehicle to strike Begely's vehicle which was stopped waiting to turn.

Coop's vehicle (taxi) had several passengers, 55 year old Rosa A. Muse, 61 year old Earl W. Muse, and 31 year old Steven K. Taylor all of Burkesville.

All parties involved in the collision except Yoder were transported to Taylor Regional Hospital by Campbellsville Taylor County EMS. A 3 year old male in the Hedgespeth vehicle was later transferred by EMS to Norton's Hospital in Louisville and 31 year old Steven K. Taylor of Burkesville was pronounced dead at Taylor Regional Hospital.

Agencies Involved: Campbellsville Police, Kentucky State Police, Taylor County Sheriff's Office, Campbellsville Fire, Campbellsville Taylor County EMS, Taylor County Fire, Taylor County Coroner's Office, State Highway Department, and Campbellsville Street Department,

Investigating Officers: Det. Jonathon Leigh U/417 and Officer Jacob Hedgespeth U/412

Approving Supervisor: Sgt. Shannon Wilson U/ 402


This story was posted on 2018-11-28 14:12:37
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KSP called in to reconstruct fatal multi-vehicle pileup



2018-11-29 - Taylor County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
One might have thought the precision equipment in use was for a land survey until the Kentucky State Police logo came into view on the vehicle door, and until the news of the fatal crash the day before came back to mind. KSP was reconstructing the multi-vehicle accident at the request of Campbellsville Police.

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Scene of multi-vehicle crash, south of Campbellsville



2018-11-29 - Stockton Drive off Hwy 55, Taylor County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
Looking south from Stockton Drive outside of Campbellsville on Hwy 55 - the scene of Tuesday's fatal accident - the disturbed grassy side of the road shows the chaotic vehicle marks resulting from the multi-vehicle pileup that took one life and left a child in critical condition. In the distance is Lake Cumberland CDL at the junction of Lone Valley Road and Hwy 55.

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