Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Marion man hurt in wreck on Ky. 70

A Crittenden County man was injured in a single-vehicle accident Tuesday night on Ky. 70.

Kentucky State Police say David Stan Conyer, 59, of Marion was driving his 1979 Ford pickup truck west on Ky. 70, when he left the right shoulder and struck a culvert. His vehicle traveled back across the roadway, went off the left shoulder, struck an embankment and overturned back on the the highway.

The accident happened just before 10 p.m. Conyer was not wearing a seatbelt, according to police.

Trooper Darron Holliman, Crittenden County Sheriffs Department, Crittenden County Rescue Squad, Crittenden County constables, Caldwell Springs Fire Department and Kentucky Department of Highways all responded to the scene.

UPDATE: Conyer was flown to St. Mary Hospital in Evansville. The extent of his injuries is unknown.