The McCracken County Sheriff’s Department has released more details about a crash the involved a deputy patrol car and a different crash that led to it.
The first crash happened around 5:17 p.m. Monday on Lovelaceville Road. As Local 6 reported in the original story below, one of the first responders at the scene of the crash had a medical emergency. In a Facebook post later Monday night, the sheriff’s office said that responder had no pulse and was not breathing. Others at the scene began working to resuscitate that person, and sheriff’s deputies worked together to provide an escort for the ambulance to take the responder to the hospital.
The sheriff’s office said Deputy Jim Wilson was helping with that ambulance escort when the crash on Lone Oak Road happened. Two other vehicles were involved in that collision, which happened around 5:36 p.m. on Lone Oak Road near the intersection with Highland Boulevard. The deputy and one of the other drivers were OK, but the third driver was taken to a local hospital by ambulance.
The first responder in the ambulance escort was safely taken to the hospital, but the sheriff’s office said no updates on their condition are currently available.