A Leitchfield man has suffered critical injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Clarkson.
Thursday morning at approximately 6:20, Grayson County Chief Deputy Jarrod Mudd and Lt. Sonny Poteet, the Clarkson and Leitchfield Fire Departments, and EMS responded to the accident in the 3600 block of Elizabethtown Road.
Based on marks at the scene, 49-year-old Chase Michaels, of Falls of Rough, was traveling east in a Pontiac Vibe when, in a curve, he swerved about a foot into the opposing lane of travel and struck a westbound 2018 Dodge Ram 3500, being driven by 57-year-old Michael Lindsey, ripping off the back, driver’s side tires.
The impact spun the Vibe around and into a ditch. Lindsey, though, lost control of the truck and entered a ditch where the truck rolled side-to-side at least once, ejecting Lindsey.
The two vehicles came to rest about 100 yards apart.
Lindsey was transported by EMS to Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center before being taken by EMS to University of Louisville Hospital with life-threatening injuries (he would have been airlifted to UofL but medical helicopter services declined to fly due to weather conditions).
Michaels and his passenger, 43-year-old Sherry Clark, of Falls of Rough, were uninjured in the accident.
Lindsey is a former constable, and was recently sworn-in as a special deputy with the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, according to Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins.
The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) requested Kentucky State Police investigate the accident because of Lindsey’s association with the GCSO and the seriousness of the wreck. The accident remains under investigation by KSP Detective/Reconstructionist Bryan Washer.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
