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Two wrecks in two days

Two killed Monday Sunday collision sends five to hospital

June 30, 2010|Michael Broihier

Rescue workers respond to a two-vehicle collision on Ky. 78 near Stanford that claimed the lives of the passenger in the Ford Taurus, at left, and the driver of the Monte Carlo. (Todd Kleffman photo)

At 5:30 p.m. Monday county law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical services were called to the scene of a two-vehicle collision on KY 78, a mile west of the Stanford city limits. According to Kentucky State Police reports, Stevie Bolden, 18, of Hustonville, was traveling east toward Stanford when he lost control of his vehicle in the turn overlooking the Camenisch farm and struck a westbound car driven by Shelly Sears, 38, also of Hustonville. Bolden’s vehicle crossed the centerline, struck the guard rail, and the passenger-side of Bolden’s vehicle impacted the front of Sears’ car.

Bolden’s passenger, Lenora Parker, 17, of Stanford was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lincoln County Coroner. Bolden and Sears were airlifted to UK Chandler Medical Center. Sears was declared dead around 7:40 p.m. and Bolden is listed in critical condition. The KSP report indicates that wet roads could have played a part in the accident, and that Sears was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident. The collision is still under investigation by KSP Trooper Chris Damron.

The KY 78 collision closed the highway for over two hours and followed quickly on another accident that kept first responders at the scene of an accident on US 127 for five hours on Sunday. Around 2 p.m. that day, John Robbins, 24, was traveling south on US 127 in a jeep when the Waynesburg man struck another southbound vehicle driven by Melissa Silvers, 28, of Liberty. Silvers’ sedan was driven into the northbound lane where it struck a Dodge truck pulling a trailer head-on.

The truck, driven by Albert Harris, 47, of Harrodsburg, continued north, striking Robbins jeep, driving it into a Nissan truck driven by Anthony Richardson, 54, of Liberty.

Robbins, was unhurt and allowed to leave the scene, but all five people in Silvers’ vehicle received multiple injuries. Silvers, Reggie Lewis, 28, Austin Lewis, 6 and Dillan Lewis, 10, were all taken by air to UK’s Chandler Medical Center. Nine-month-old Trenton Lewis was first taken to Fort Logan Hospital before being transported to UK.

As of 4:30 a.m. Monday, Silvers was listed in critical condition. Dillan and Trenton Lewis were listed in serious condition, while Reggie and Austin Lewis were in fair condition.

Harris, whose vehicle was struck head-on by Silvers, and his two passengers, Kyle and Cody Harris, both 21, were transported by ambulance to the hospital and treated for minor injuries.

All of the motorists involved were using seatbelts or appropriate child restraints.

The first law enforcement officer on the scene, a Lincoln County deputy, first suspected that the multi-vehicle collision was a fatality accident so he called for KSP support. Because of the number of vehicles involved it took KSP several hours to reconstruct the scene of the accident and determine the chain of events.

The collision is under investigation by Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement Officer Justin Dececca.

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