A tractor-trailer overturned in the 5000 block of Bradshaw Road in Christian County on Tuesday afternoon, trapping the driver inside the wreckage before crews could pull him free. The driver suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was flown to a Nashville hospital.
Hopkinsville Fire/EMS said it received a call for service at 1:39 p.m. in the area of the 5000 block of Bradshaw Road, in a Facebook post detailing the response. Separately, WBKO reported that deputies were dispatched at 1:38 p.m. to the same block, and that the tractor-trailer had been traveling southbound when it left the roadway, struck a fence and overturned.
Emergency crews extricated the driver from the wreckage, WBKO reported. The Pembroke Fire Department and Christian County Rescue also assisted deputies at the scene, per the station's report.
Driver Flown to Nashville With Serious Injuries
Hopkinsville EMS transported the driver to a designated landing zone to meet an emergency medical helicopter, which flew him to a Nashville hospital, WBKO reported. WBKO described the driver's injuries as serious but non-life-threatening.
The incident was reported at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to the fire department, and WNKY said the investigation remained ongoing. Accounts of the roadway's status differed: WBKO reported that Bradshaw Road remained blocked while crews cleared the scene and removed the wreckage, while WNKY reported that the road would be closed for cleanup.
Not the First Rollover on Christian County Roads
Another rollover recovery, described by Jones Brothers, involved a car carrier on Highway 164 at Newstead Road in Hopkinsville carrying a whole lot of cars. The company said a four-person recovery team completed that job in less than five hours, working in the rain.
