TWO HOSPITALIZED AFTER BYPASS WRECK

            A WRECK AT THE BYPASS-PENNYRILE PARKWAY INTERCHANGE THURSDAY EVENING INJURED THE DRIVERS OF TWO VEHICLES.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 5:20, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM CITY POLICE, WHICH SAYS 34-YEAR OLD JEREMY LAWSON OF FORT CAMPBELL WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO THE BYPASS OFF THE PARKWAY EXIT RAMP.

            LAWSON TOLD OFFICERS HE DIDN’T SEE AN ONCOMING VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 48-YEAR OLD TYRONE WEBBER OF HOPKINSVILLE AND PULLED INTO HIS PATH. WEBBER ATTEMPTED TO STOP—AS EVIDENCED BY SEVERAL YARDS OF SKID MARKS ON THE ROADWAY—BUT COULDN’T AVOID A COLLISSION.

            BOTH DRIVERS WERE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER. LAWSON WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, WHILE WEBBER WAS REPORTEDLY NOT BUCKLED IN.

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11/18/2011/AM