TEEN ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL BEFORE CALLOWAY COUNTY WRECK

            A YOUNG MAN FROM FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY WAS AIRLIFTED TO VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AFTER A TWO-VEHICLE WRECK IN CALLOWAY COUNTY YESTERDAY.

            STATE POLICE SAY 17-YEAR OLD MARSHALL PEACHEY OF FULTON FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL WHILE EASTBOUND ON KENTUCKY 94 AROUND 12:25 PM AND CROSSED THE CENTER LINE. PEACHEY STRUCK A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY WILDA RICHARDSON OF MURRAY BEFORE STRIKING A DITCH AND OVERTURNING SEVERAL TIMES.

            PEACHEY AND HIS PASSENGER, 18-YEAR OLD AARON KOEHN OF SEDALIA, WERE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. ALL THREE INVOLVED WERE TAKEN TO MURRAY CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSPITAL, THOUGH KOEHN WOULD BE TRANSPORTED TO VANDERBILT. BOTH DRIVERS WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.

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11/11/2011/AM