HOPKINSVILLE POLICE INVESTIGATED A WRECK WITH INJURIES THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY ON EAST 1^ST STREET.

            ACCORDING TO POLICE, 23-YEAR OLD AKITA BROWN OF OAK GROVE TURNED ONTO WEST 1^ST STREET FROM SOUTH VIRGINIA STREET AND APPLIED HER BRAKES, BUT SKIDDED AND THEN STRUCK THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 35-YEAR OLD BARBARA LOY OF HOPKINSVILLE WHO WAS DRIVING ON EAST 1^ST STREET WHEN THE WRECK OCCURRED.

            BROWN WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES WHILE LOY AND HER PASSENGER, 17-YEAR OLD GALLAGHAR LOY, REFUSED TREATMENT.

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11/16/2011/MF