A HOPKINSVILLE MAN WAS INVOLVED IN A WRECK ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY IN HOPKINS COUNTY THURSDAY.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 1PM NEAR THE 42 MILE-MARKER, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM STATE POLICE, WHICH SAYS 29-YEAR OLD VICTOR STEELE OF GREENVILLE WAS WESTBOUND ON THE PARKWAY WHEN HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF THE ROAD MOMENTARILY TO REACH FOR SOMETHING IN THE FLOORBOARD.

            THAT’S WHEN HE RAN INTO THE BACK OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVEN BY 45-YEAR OLD KELLY JONES OF HOPKINSVILLE. BOTH VEHICLES CAME TO REST IN THE EMERGENCY LANE, WITH STEELE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR HIS INJURIES AND JONES NOT HURT.

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11/11/2011/AM