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Fatality is first in
county over
last 6 months
Carson Dale Hackney, 53, of Midway Road was killed in a head-on collision about 6 p.m., Monday afternoon on U.S. 60 West between Midway and Salem.
Crittenden County Coroner Joe Myers pronounced Hackney dead at the scene (see obituary page 7A).
Hackney’s body was taken to the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s office at Madisonville for an autopsy.
The driver of the second vehicle, Joe Hunt of Marion, was taken to Crittenden Hospital, but was not seriously injured. He was treated and released. Hunt was wearing his seat belt and the air bag deployed in his vehicle. Hunt was driving a late model one-ton pickup he used for his construction business.
Hackney was ejected from his 1988 Fort flatbed utility truck on impact.
Crittenden County Sheriff's Deputy Devin Brewer is investigating the accident.
It’s not clear what caused the accident, but Hunt told investigators that Hackney’s vehicle was traveling on the wrong side of the road. Hunt also told deputies that Hackney’s truck lights were not on. The only light Hunt saw as Hackney’s vehicle was approaching, investigators said, was a parking light.
Reports say that Hunt was heading toward Marion in an eastward direction when he swerved to try and avoid the collision. The two trucks slammed head-on in the eastbound lane. They came to rest off opposite sides of the road.
Hunt was standing outside of his 1999 Ford truck when the ambulance arrived. He was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. His minor injuries were caused by the seat belt across his chest and the air bag deployment.
It was the first fatal accident in Crittenden County this year and the first since June 2006.
Through Jan. 28, preliminary statistics indicate that 46 people have lost their lives on Kentucky roadways during 2007. That is the same number as reported for the same time period in 2006. Of the 43 fatal accidents, 28 victims were not wearing seat belts.