A FRIDAY AFTERNOON WRECK IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY INJURED A TEXAS MAN.

            STATE POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 12 ON KENTUCKY 949 NEAR PENROD.

            67-YEAR OLD ROBERT AYCOCK OF BRIDGE CITY, TEXAS WAS EASTBOUND WHEN HIS PICKUP DROPPED OFF THE RIGHT SHOULDER. AYCOCK OVERCORRECTED, CROSSING BOTH LANES OF TRAVEL AND RUNNING OFF THE ROAD INTO AN EMBANKMENT.

            THE PICKUP OVERTURNED, WITH AYCOCK TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO LOGAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT.

            STATE TROOPER JONATHAN CARLOCK WAS ASSISTED ON THE SCENE BY MUHLENBERG COUNTY EMS AND THE DUNMOR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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11/13/2011/AM