TheTimesTribune.com, Corbin, KY

June 30, 2009

One killed in Laurel wreck


Times-Tribune Staff Report

One man was killed and at least two others were hurt in a head-on wreck in East Bernstadt Friday.

WLEX-TV reported that the accident happened just after 2 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Highway 3094 and Highway 3434 in East Bernstadt.

The TV station reported that a passenger, James Pearce, 81, was killed in the wreck, and that the man’s 16-year-old grandson was driving.

Two men in the other car were flown for treatment at University of Kentucky Medical Center.