Two Hopkinsville women injured in wreck

A wreck involving a tractor-trailer on East 9th Street yesterday afternoon injured two local residents.

The Hopkinsville Police report says 55-year old Gary Peel of Martinsville, Indiana was attempting to turn left onto Skyline Drive just before 3pm and 58-year old Vicki Whitney of Hopkinsville had a green light going straight ahead.

Peel failed to yield the right of way and turned and struck the left side of Ms. Whitney’s vehicle in the intersection. Ms. Whitney and her passenger, 48-year old Penny Quarles of Hopkinsville, were taken by ambulance to Jennie Stuart Medical Center.

Peel was not hurt in the incident.

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