Saturday, November 25, 2023

UPDATED: Fatal crash on US 60 West



Includes updates at 6:44pm, confirming fatality 

Road will be closed until about 8:30 p.m.

It appears that a Kentucky State Police accident reconstruction crew is now on the scene of a double fatality automobile accident on US 60 West in Crittenden County. The highway will remained closed until approximately 8:30 pm, according to state highway department officials. 

The crash occurred around 3pm and involved three vehicles. 

At least one young victim was flown to Vanderbilt Hospital with injuries. Another passenger was not seriously injured. 

The head-on crash happened just east of the KY 297 intersection near the bottom of Moore Hill.

Victims identified 
Victims of the fatal accident included Jesika Duncan, 21, of Marion and Harold G. Glendening, 59, of Tiline. Both were drivers. Another driver, Charles H. Blankinship, 28, of Tiline was not seriously injured.
Duncan's two-year-old son, Knox, was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville where he is recovering from injuries. A 7-year-old passenger in one vehicle was transported to Livingston County Hospital and then life-flighted to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Another 3-year-old passenger in one of the vehicles was not injured.