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One person injured in crash on icy New Columbia Road Tuesday

Black ice was cause of crash, Taylor County Sheriff's Office finds
Click on headline for complete story with photo(s) See Also: Injury accident temporarily closes KY 55

By Larry Smith, FM 92.7, The WAVE, & FM 99.9, The Big Dawg
Special to ColumbiaMagazine.com

Nathaniel Echols, 68, of High Pine Street, Campbellsville, KY, was transported to the Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville, KY, after the Campbellsville/Taylor County EMS extracted him from his overturned 2002 Ford F-150 pickup, Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at around 10:28amET. According to the Taylor County Sheriff's Department (TCSO) Echols was traveling South on KY 55 South, New Columbia Road, when he struck a path of black ice, causing him to lose control, strike a guard rail and overturn.



For a time, traffic was stopped in both directions at the crash scene, between the South Green River Hill and the Texas Eastern Transmission Station near Romines Loop. At times during the operation, traffic was allow past the scene one lane at a time.

After the driver was extracted from his vehicle, he was transported to the hospital in Campbellsville for non-life threatening injuries.

TCSO Deputy Branden Wilson was assisted on the scene by CTC EMS and Campbellsville/Taylor County Fire/Rescue. - Larry Smith, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications
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This story was posted on 2014-01-08 06:01:11
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Both Lanes blocked on KY 55 for time



2014-01-07 - KY 55 near Romines Loop, Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed . Both lanes on KY 55 near Romines Loop were blocked as first responders worked an accident scene. The driver of he heavy duty Ford Club Cab, overturned on the left hand lane, was extricated from an entrapment and taken to Taylor Regional Hospital, in Campbellsville. - Alan W. Reed
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