HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (WKRN) — A collision in Hopkinsville Sunday afternoon left five people injured, two of whom are in critical condition, according to officials.
Hopkinsville Fire/EMS initially posted about the crash at 4:22 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, saying personnel were handling a crash involving two vehicles near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Pembroke Road. Officials added that Air Medical had been called for one man and one child.
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According to WKDZ Radio, the Hopkinsville Police Department said a tractor-trailer was on Pembroke Road, crossing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, when it collided with an SUV that was on Dr. Martin Luther King Way.
In an update at 5:10 p.m., Hopkinsville Fire/EMS said five people had been transported from the scene, including two with critical injuries who were flown in separate helicopters. WKDZ Radio identified those two as the driver and a passenger from the SUV, saying they were flown to Nashville.
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Meanwhile, the remaining three patients — described by the radio station as the driver of the tractor-trailer and two other passengers from the SUV — were reportedly brought to Jennie Stuart Health via ambulance to be treated for minor injuries…