Collision Sends Paducah Woman to Hospital Sunday
By West KY Star News Staff
Paducah, KY - Shortly after 9:30 Sunday morning, a two vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of John L. Puryear Drive and the Interstate-24, 11 mile marker on-ramp.
The result of this collision sent one Paducah woman to the hospital with unknown injuries.
Donald Beckley Jr., 45, of Paducah, was driving a Ford F-150 and turned left across the westbound lanes of John L. Puryear Drive to turn onto the on-ramp.
Crash investigators say Beckley's truck then hit a Jeep driven westbound on John L. Puryear Drive by Jacquelyn Hancock, 60, of Paducah.
Officers say Beckley failed to yield the right-of-way to Hancock.
Hancock was taken to Western Baptist Hospital by Mercy EMS, her two passengers, ages 5 and 7, were not injured, according to the sheriff's office.