BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF
MICHAEL A. HELMIG
P.O. BOX 198
BURLINGTON, KY. 41005-0198
Phone: 859-334-2175
FAX: 859-334-2234
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Tom Scheben, Spokesman
Public Information Services
859.334.3543
tscheben@boonecountyky.org
July 31, 2009
On Friday, July 31, 2009 at approximately 12:00 p.m. a single vehicle collision on Elijah Creek Road in Hebron, Kentucky sent the lone occupant (driver) to the hospital via Air Care.
Joseph Long, 34 of Elsmere, Kentucky was driving a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup truck west on Elijah Creek Road when he lost control, driving straight through a curve in the road, and striking a tree head–on. Long was not wearing a seat belt and was flown to University Hospital via Air Care. He reportedly experienced life–threatening injuries.
Preliminary indications are that Long fell asleep at the wheel.
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