According to Kentucky State Police, Jones and 15-year-old passenger Clint Combs of Gilbertsville were northbound on J.H. O'Bryan Road when Jones failed to yield to the right of way, losing control of his vehicle. The vehicle overturned and slid into a tractor-trailer traveling east on U.S. 62.
Jones was taken by ambulance to Lourdes Hospital in Paducah where he later died from his injuries, while his passenger was taken by ambulance to Western Baptist Hospital where he was treated and released. Both were wearing their seatbelts.
The accident was the second fatality in Livingston County in less than a half-hour. At about 2:30, an Arizona man was killed in a three-vehicle accident involving a school bus near Smithland.
The driver of the semi, Kevin Stone, 46, of Robards was not injured, but a passenger, 46-year-old Stacy T. Stone of Henderson, was taken to Lourdes where he was treated and released. Both men were wearing their seatbelts.
