Thursday, December 25, 2008

Four injured in wreck on Ky. 70

Update 2: Four teenagers were injured in a single-vehicle accident just before 10 p.m., Christmas night.

The white Ford Escort they were in hit a concrete bridge guard rail on Ky. 70 in the spar mine flat between Mexico and Frances.

Two males and two females were in the vehicle. Three had to be extricated from the car.

Injured were the driver Robert Cudnik, 16; Cody Gipson, 16; Alexandria Jimenez, 15; and Abby Mills, 13. Three were flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center and a fourth was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville.

Crittenden County Rescue Squad, EMS and other rescue personnel were on the scene for nearly two hours and the road was closed to traffic.