THE REPORT ON YESTERDAY’S TWO-VEHICLE WRECK ON THE 16-82 BYPASS HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 8:30 WHEN 30-YEAR OLD KAMIKA PORTIS OF 7-17 TREVOR LANE, OAK GROVE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO 16-82 FROM THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY AND PULLED INTO THE PATH OF A CAR DRIVEN BY 26-YEAR OLD LATRISHA REDD OF 3-11 ROZELL AVENUE, HOPKINSVILLE.

            MS. REDD SERVED TO THE INSIDE LANE AND STRUCK MS. PORTIS’ VEHICLE IN THE LEFT REAR CORNER, CAUSING THE PORTIS VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID AND OVERTURN BEFORE COMING TO REST ON ITS WHEELS IN THE EMERGENCY LANE FACING SOUTH.

            MS. REDD AND 4-YEAR OLD KAMARI PORTIS OF OAK GROVE WERE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER. EVERYONE INVOLVED WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT.

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