A New Haven man’s truck turning into oncoming traffic caused a three-car collision on Tuesday morning. Kentucky State Police Trooper Bruce Reeves explained that James Downs of New Haven was traveling westbound in his 1994 Dodge Ram pickup on Hwy54. For some reason Downs turned into the lane of a 1990 Honda, driven by David Parker Jr. of Leitchfield. Parker was headed eastbound on HWY 54. Parker tried to avoid hitting Downs, but was not able to. Tami Salmon of Falls of Rough, who was driving a 2005 Nissan behind Parker, tried to avoid being involved in the collision. She ended up crashing into the rear-ending Parker’s vehicle. Air Methods transported Parker to University of Louisville hospital, after being initially taken to Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center. A passenger in Down’s truck was also taken to Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center for injuries.
Even though the KSP’s accident reconstructionist is investigating the collision, it is important that anyone involved retain their own attorney so that the lawyer can have their own accident reconstructionist work on the scene early. Critical evidence can often times be missed and time is of the utmost importance in collisions such as this.
