An elderly man has died after a single-vehicle accident in in Bourbon County Thursday morning.
The accident happened at about 10:30 a.m. on Russell Cave Road. Police say slick roads caused Thomas Sheats, 45, to lose control of his pickup truck, which went off the road and flipped over. Sheats’ uncle, Elmer Withers, Jr. 76, was a passenger and was thrown from the vehicle. Withers, who was not wearing a seat belt, was flown to UK Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Sheets was wearing his seat belt and was not hurt. Sheets had been taking Withers to the VA Hospital to have his hip examined at the time of the crash.
