GARRARD COUNTY, Ky. — Kentucky authorities say two people are dead after a Monday, April 1, wreck involving a Class 8 box truck and an ambulance.
According to the Kentucky State Police (KSP), the crash happened near a gas station at the intersection of U.S. 27 and Old U.S. 27 in Garrard County.
A KSP report states that Cory Dunn, 44, of Lexington, Kentucky, was driving a Class 8 box truck east on Old Lexington Road when he made a left turn onto Lexington Road in front of a Somerset-Pulaski County ambulance being driven by Chastain Mcwhorter of Albany, Kentucky.
KSP say that Mcwhorter was heading north on Lexington Road at the time of the collision.
Mcwhorter and a patient in the ambulance, 75-year-old Robert Caudill of Nancy, Kentucky, were killed in the crash and pronounced dead by the coroner.
A passenger in the ambulance, 23-year-old Bailey Haynes of Somerset, was taken to an area hospital treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Dunn was also taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The driver of the semi needs to be charged with manslaughter or negligent homicide.Chastain’s family needs to sue to take care of his wife and two kids. Compensation is due.
Well don’t know how it’s real happened.but I know it’s an accident.The best thing to do when driving is to stay focused at all times .but that don’t stop things from happening.That just a tragedy moment that I hope anyone experienced.unfortunately accidents happen…”The cherubin together we stronger..”
The deceased was an EMT, a trained medical professional, NOT an “ambulance driver.” The injured “passenger” was also an EMT, not just a passenger. You don’t call police officers “police car drivers,” so please offer the same respect to the men and women who risk their life every day to care for the sick, dying, and broken.