THE LONG LABOR DAY HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD IS OFF TO A DEADLY START
HERE IN HENDERSON COUNTY AS EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WORK TWO
SEPARATE FATALITY TRAFFIC CRASHES THAT OCCURED WITHIN HOURS OF
ONE ANOTHER. HENDERSON COUNTY CORONER BRUCE FARMER CONFIRMS
THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE THAT RAN OFF THE PRITCHETT CROOKS ROAD AROUND
3:45 THIS MORNING WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 30-YEAR OLD
TRAVIS M. BESS OF HANSON KENTUCKY. HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY
CHRIS KELLER SAYS BESS WAS BY HIMSELF AND HEADED HOME FROM WORK
WHEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HIS SUV LEFT THE ROADWAY. DEPUTY KELLER
SAYS BESS OVERCORRECTED AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES
BEFORE LANDING ON ITS ROOF. BESS WAS EJECTED AND WAS PINNED UNDER THE
WRECKAGE. HE WAS FOUND BY TWO CO-WORKERS FROM RIVERVIEW COAL WHERE
HE WAS EMPLOYED.
THEN AROUND 7:15 THIS MORNING FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED TO A SINGLE
VEHICLE CRASH AT THE EIGHT MILE MARKER OF THE AUDUBON PARKWAY.
DEPUTY KELLER SAYS UPON ARRIVAL AUTHORITIES FOUND THAT 23-YEAR OLD
DAKOTA MULLINS OF EVANSVILLE HAD BEEN EJECTED FROM HIS VEHICLE. ONCE
AGAIN AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE UNSURE WHY HIS VEHICLE WENT OUT OF
CONTROL AND FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES. MULLINS WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE
VEHICLE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
SAYS PEOPLE SLOWING DOWN TO LOOK AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE CAUSED A
SECOND CRASH ON THE PARKWAY BUT FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE NOTES BOTH VICTIMS WERE NOT WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS
AND IS IMPLORING EVERYONE TO BUCKLE UP TO PREVENT FUTURE SUCH TRAGEDIES.