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Two Accidents Happen with Hours on Friday
By Sue Caldwell, Reporter/Staff Writer
In a report from Jackson County Sheriff Deputy Daniel Isaacs, he was the investigating officer in two separate accidents on Friday, May 18th which occurred only hours apart.
The first accident occurred at approximately 8:35am when Lori L. Hayes 40, Begly Road McKee, was traveling North on US Highway 421 one mile North of McKee, driving a Maroon 1997 Ford Aspire, while Bobby Murphy 68, Lodge Hall Road McKee, driving a Maroon 1995 Nissan Sentara, and Everett Jenkins 52, Seventh Street London, driving a White 2005 Chevrolet ZK3500, was traveling South on US Highway 421 when Hayes was rounding a curve she crossed the center line of the roadway colliding with the left side mirror of Murphy's vehicle. Hayes continued approximately thirty feet in the south bound lane and then collided with the left rear drive wheel of Jenkins’s vehicle.
After the collision with Murphy and Jenkins vehicles, Hayes then continued North in the south bound lane approximately twenty feet, before crossing back into the North bound lane and traveled approximately thirty feet more before exiting the roadway and coming to a final rest in the ditch.
Man Arrested after Shooting Woman
By Sue Caldwell, Reporter/Staff Writer
In a Press Release from Kentucky State Police Post 7 Richmond, KSP Trooper Blanton said on Monday, May 21, 2012 at 2:15 p.m. Chester Collett, 47 years old, was arrested on Sacker Road in Manchester, KY, by Trooper Jarrod Smith, in connection to a shooting that occurred in McKee, KY.
Mr. Collett was lodged in the Jackson County Jail and charged with three (3) counts of Wanton Endangerment in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree (Domestic Violence and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
Trooper Blanton said on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 10:39 p.m. the Kentucky State Police Richmond Post was contacted by the Jackson County 911 Center, requesting assistance with a female on Doolittle Road. As Troopers were responding to the scene, additional information was received that the female had been shot in both legs. A preliminary investigation revealed that Sharon Eversole was shot through a door with a shotgun and received minor injuries to her legs. Mrs. Eversole refused medical treatment from the Jackson County EMS, but was transported to a hospital in Manchester by family members.