Collision involving Kentucky State Trooper

By Roberta Cantrell
BSN Editor

A three-vehicle collision sends four people for medical treatment Friday morning, Aug. 22, after an SUV left the roadway striking a police cruiser who was in the process of conducting a traffic stop.

According to a press release by Kentucky State Police Trooper Jerry Sparks, the accident happened at approximately 11:08 a.m., as Kentucky State Police Trooper Brad Hamilton from Post 14, Ashland, was conducting a traffic stop in Lawrence County when his marked patrol vehicle was struck from the rear by another vehicle.

The impact caused the Trooper’s vehicle to collide with a third vehicle (a van) that was involved in the traffic stop.

The van was out of South Carolina from Performance Medical Supply Inc.

As a result of the collision, four individuals were transported to the hospital for evaluation. All four individuals were later released. The Trooper sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries due to the collision.

An accident reconstructionist was requested and has opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Witnesses on the scene said that the trooper was in his vehicle when the SUV, a GMC Terrain, left the road hitting the cruiser from behind knocking it into the van causing it (the cruiser) to go across a small yard toward the hillside next to the highway and come to a stop in the opposite direction it was heading.

Witnesses also said the SUV also spun around before ending up in the opposite direction as well.

The name of that driver was not released, however, police on the scene did say she was a resident from Floyd County.

The Kentucky State Police remind all motorists to remain alert, avoid distractions, and move over or slow down when approaching emergency or law enforcement vehicles stopped on the highway. This collision remains under investigation by the Kentucky State Police.