Local News
Corbin couple walks away from fatal crash
Times-Tribune Staff Report
A Corbin couple was involved in a fatal wreck Saturday morning in Manchester, but walked away with only one receiving minor injuries.
The three-vehicle crash happened at about 9:45 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of US 421 and KY 80 in Manchester.
According to a release from Kentucky State Police, 65-year-old Arnold Caudill of Manchester was southbound on US 421, crossing the intersection of KY 80 in a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier. When he reached the intersection, Caudill crossed into the path of a 2001 Mercedes Benz driven by 73-year-old Robert Halcomb of Corbin, who was headed eastbound on KY 80.
Caudill’s vehicle was struck in the passenger side by Halcomb’s car. Caudill’s car spun clockwise, striking a third vehicle — a 1996 GMC driven by 34-year-old Jason Buttery of Manchester — before coming to rest in a ditch.
Buttery and his two passengers were stationary in the US 421 turn lane, waiting to make a left turn onto KY 80.
Caudill’s passenger, 64-year-old Martha Roark of Manchester, was killed in the crash and pronounced dead at the scene.
Caudill was flown to the University of Kentucky Medical Center for treatment.
Halcomb received no injuries in the crash, but his passenger, 72-year-old Margaret Halcomb of Corbin, was treated and released from the Manchester Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.
Neither Buttery nor his two passengers received injuries.
Trooper Craig Reed is the lead investigator and was assisted at the scene by Trooper Josh Wilson, KSP Sergeant Jack Riley, the Manchester Police Department, the Manchester Fire Department, the Clay County EMS and the Clay County Coroner’s Office.
- Local News
-
-
Adopt-a-Highway week begins Sunday
Volunteers will be out in force next week to spring clean Kentucky highways. The Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) announced that the Adopt-a-Highway Spring Clean Week will be held March 21-27.
-
Audit: Co. Clerk overpaid worker
Knox County Clerk Mike Corey admits he overpaid an employee by more than $8,000 in wages in 2008, but says, “I did what I had to do” for a long-time employee who faced an emergency medical situation.
-
Survey Says? Laurel Meth Watch making a mark
Work by Laurel County’s Agency for Substance Abuse Policy (ASAP) seems to be making its mark.
-
How many actually work for the state?
Jeff Hoover has a simple question for Gov. Steve Beshear: just how many people work for state government? But he’s found it’s not such a simple answer.
-
Senate alters, then passes Amanda’s Bill
The state Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a significantly altered domestic violence bill from the version passed earlier by the House as the mother of the woman for whom it is named watched from the overhead balcony.
-
Woman cut from car after wreck on Fifth St.
A 63-year-old woman was trapped in her SUV following a two-car crash Tuesday along Fifth Street Road east of its intersection with KY 1259.
-
Truck with satellite dishes tumbles on Tobacco Road
A tractor-trailer loaded with 40,000 pounds of satellite dishes turned over in east London Tuesday morning.
-
Dogs removed from home put down
Three dogs removed from a Highland Park home on March 11 were in such poor health that the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter had to put the dogs down, according to police.
-
Man knocked out by falling tree
A North Corbin man was flown to University of Kentucky Medical Center Wednesday night after being struck by the snapping trunk of a falling tree.
-
Nighbert again advising Republicans on road plan
By Ronnie Ellis
CNHI News Writer
Bill Nighbert, the former secretary of the Transportation Cabinet (and former Williamsburg mayor) who was tried — and acquitted — on charges of bid-rigging, is again advising Senate Republicans on transportation matters. - More Local News Headlines
-
Adopt-a-Highway week begins Sunday
