Accident

STANFORD - A man is listed in fair condition today following an all-terrain vehicle accident Sunday afternoon. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department was dispatched to the scene on Fishing Creek in Lincoln County about 2:45 p.m. Gavin Turpin, 25, was transported to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington following the accident. No further details are available from the sheriff's department.

LIBERTY - A Florida man was injured Wednesday morning when the car he was riding in ran off the road and overturned in Casey County. Douglas Speakman, 52, of Hollywood, Fla., was taken to Casey County Hospital for treatment of minor injuries after the accident, which occurred about 2:30 a.m on Rayborn Hill Road about 10 miles south of Liberty, according to state Trooper Mike Woodrum. Speakman was a passenger in a 2005 Jeep driven by Bruce A. Speakman, 54, of Liberty. Woodrum said Bruce Speakman was northbound on Rayborn Hill Road when the Jeep ran off the right side of the road.

Police arrested a Winchester man for assault after he admitted to wounding a friend by mistake during an argument Saturday morning. Keithyon Nelson, 20, of 36 Fitch Ave., pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault and tampering with physical evidence charges Monday in Clark District Court. Police said Nelson, the 17-year-old victim and others got into an argument Saturday near 8 Wainscott Ave. Neighbors reported hearing shots being fired in the neighborhood. Officers were notified by employees at Clark Regional Medical Center of a juvenile patient with a gunshot wound to his leg, Winchester Police Sgt. Tom Beall said.

No one was seriously injured Friday morning when a Lincoln County school bus collided with another vehicle. Accordinging to a Sheriff’s Office report, around 7:30 a.m., the bus was stopped on KY 643, south of Crab Orchard, waiting for traffic to  clear on US 150 to cross the highway. The driver, Jerry Bailey, told Deputy Bill Schnitzler that he saw two vehicles clear the intersection but didn’t see the third vehicle. When Bailey entered the highway the bus was struck on the right side by a vehicle heading west on US 150. The Toyota Camry, driven by Caroline McKinney, 57, of Eubank, suffered severe damage.

MIDDLEBURG - A Casey County elementary student was taken to the hospital this morning after the side of her school bus was scraped by another vehicle. Amber Pridemore, a second-grader at Jones Park Elementary, complained of neck pain and was transported by ambulance to Casey County Hospital. The injuries appeared to be minor, said Craig Griffin, director of transportation for Casey schools. The bus was approaching Middleburg on Short Town Road about 7:40 a.m. when the bus, driven by Peggy Hall and carrying 25 students, was struck along its driver’s side by a Ford Escape pickup operated by Donna Porter of Poplar Hill.

Tuesday afternoon Lincoln County emergency crews responded to a call at 1050 KY 618 W in Crab Orchard where a man had suffered injuries from a fork lift accident. The exact details of the accident are unclear, but emergency responders at the scene said that apparently Kenny Denny, 57, of Crab Orchard, had been working on a barn roof on Tony Todd's farm when he fell off and was crushed by the loader. Denny was transported to UK's Chandler Medical Center by helicopter with serious injuries to his back and both legs.

A Winchester Police Department police officer was injured in an accident Thursday evening. Officer Chris Cantor was driving south on Lexington Avenue around 5:53 p.m. when another vehicle ran the stop sign at the intersection of Burns Avenue, turning left toward Maple Avenue, according to Winchester Police officials. Cantor's vehicle struck the other vehicle, causing injuries to Cantor, the driver of the other vehicle and a passenger in the other vehicle. The civilian vehicle driver's claims she remembers only being at the stop sign and listening to music, prior to the accident, police said.

LEXINGTON — The husband and wife who suffered severe head injuries after their motorcycle collided with an SUV on Ky. 52 Saturday afternoon were both pronounced dead after being airlifted to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lex18 reported Saturday night. Charles David and Angela Sebastian, of 1019 Park Place Drive in Richmond, were on their way to a family reunion in Danville when Charles lost control of their motorcycle, crossed the center line and collided with a Suzuki Grand Vitara driven by Boyle County resident Mary Lawrence, 64, according to police.

A man was injured in a three-vehicle collision Monday evening in Danville after he lost control of his vehicle on Hustonville Road.  About 5 p.m., Gary Barkman, 66, of Danville was driving north in the left lane when he lost control of his 2010 Honda minivan. Barkman then veered into the right lane, side-swiping a 2005 Suzuki Forenza driven by Jessica Wren, 29, of Stanford, and rear-ending a 2005 International Straight Truck driven by Fred White, 48, of Louisville.  Boyle County Emergency Medical Services and Danville Police Department responded to the collision.

At least one person was injured Monday afternoon after a truck and a car collided on East Maple Street near East Jessamine High School. Witnesses at the scene said the cars were trying to pass each other and traveling too fast. A female was injured, Jill Havens, who lives on East Maple Street near the scene, said. She said she and her daughter heard the accident from their home. “It was really loud; it made us jump up off the couch,” she said. “We were like 'What was that?

100 YEARS AGO - 1913  A carbonator has been installed at the depot restaurant and the Gilcher Hotel restaurant. They will now be enabled to serve soft drinks of all kinds in the most approved style. Alfred Campbell rounded out eight years running his wagon daily between Perryville and Danville. He has driven the same horse the whole time. The daily trip is a distance of 20 miles. The weekly distance is 120 miles. For the eight years this remarkable horse has traveled more than 48,000 miles on this route and has made many other trips besides.

Editor's note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the officer found upon arrival at the scene, or of how police may have dealt with the complaint.   MAY 14   12:18 a.m., one-vehicle accident in Mallard's parking lot; the driver may be intoxicated; arrest made. 12:23 a.m., possible drug transaction is in progress on North Fourth Street.

I am employed at a business that faces Fourth Street in Danville. On almost a weekly basis now there is an accident in one little stretch of Fourth Street in front of our offices.   For out-of-towners, accidents are often cauysed because they aren't aware this is a one-way street. They realize their error either when they view numerous concoming vehicles in their lane, or they are hit by one as they try to enter that lane. For the locals, it seems to be inattentive driving, speed or a number of businesses in this small stretch with parking that requires customers to back out of parking spots straight into traffic.

A Wilmore man died yesterday evening when his car veered off the road and struck a tree on Long Shun Road across from the Nicholasville water treatment plant. Benjamin Sims, 36, was driving a 2000 Nissan Pickup when he left the roadway and struck the tree just before 6 p.m., Jessamine County Sheriff's Office chief deputy Allen Peel said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No other cars were involved in the accident, and Sims was alone in his truck, Peel said. Investigators have determined that speed contributed to the accident, the deputy said.

A man was killed and a woman was critically injured early Sunday morning when their car struck a tree.  Joe Gayheart, 27 , was pronounced dead at the scene. Whitney Gayheart, age unknown, was taken to the University of Kentucky Medical Center and listed in critical condition, according to police. The two were married. The couple were traveling outbound on Union Mill Road around 2 a.m. when the car, a black Chrysler 300 driven by Joe Gayheart, left the road and struck the tree, said Nicholasville police officer Kevin Grimes.

Editor's note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the officer found upon arrival at the scene, or of how police may have dealt with the complaint. FEBRUARY 27 5:40 a.m., officer is at CVS due to an audible alarm; officer advised it was a fire alarm and is requesting Danville Fire Department; keyholder contacted.

At least one person was injured Monday afternoon after a truck and a car collided on East Maple Street near East Jessamine High School. Witnesses at the scene said the cars were trying to pass each other and traveling too fast. A female was injured, Jill Havens, who lives on East Maple Street near the scene, said. She said she and her daughter heard the accident from their home. “It was really loud; it made us jump up off the couch,” she said. “We were like 'What was that?