A recently named “most dangerous highway in Kentucky” was witness to yet another accident just outside of Princeton Wednesday afternoon.
Princeton Police Chief Chris King says that officers responded to a two-vehicle collision with entrapment on US Highway 62 West, near Walmart, just after one. He adds that 37-year-old Jennifer C. Strait of Benton was eastbound on US 62 West in a 2012 Nissan when for unknown reasons her vehicle rear-ended an eastbound 2018 Chevrolet driven by 79-year-old Mary O. Jewell of Princeton.
Chief King explains that Jewell’s vehicle left the left side of the roadway traveling approximately 600 feet, striking several trees, coming to a rest off the roadway in a wooded area. Strait’s vehicle continued eastbound on 62 West for approximately 9 tenths of a mile before becoming disabled.
Jewell was extricated by mechanical means from her vehicle by the Princeton Fire Department and was air lifted from the scene by Air Evac Lifeteam to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Strait was transported to Caldwell Medical Center ER for treatment of injuries, where she was later admitted.
Officers were assisted at the scene by Princeton Fire Department, Caldwell County EMS, and Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office.
Chief King notes that the investigation is ongoing.
