Police are investigating a deadly crash Wednesday evening in Woodford County that killed a young Lexington woman.
Versailles Police said two others in the vehicle were taken by ambulance to UK Hospital and one was flown there.
As for the young woman killed, authorities have identified her as 18 year-old Ambrielle Brown, she died at the scene.
It was just after five when Police said they were called to a report of a single vehicle accident on Wednesday.
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“It appears that the driver of the vehicle came over a hill here on Dry Ridge and lost control of the vehicle in which the car went off the right side of the roadway. Then, it appears the driver over-corrected in steering, which caused them to go off the left side of the road and strike a tree,” explained Lieutenant Daniel Clark, with Versailles Police Department.
Police said they don’t believe drugs and alcohol were contributing factors in the crash, instead it appeared to be operator error.
“As long as this scene is and as far as the vehicle traveled, it does look like speed may be involved,” said Lt. Clark.
This isn’t the first fatal on Dry Ridge Road. In fact, near Wednesday’s fatal accident two other trees stood, bearing five crosses. One of the fatal wrecks took place in March of 2010, when a car went off the road, slammed into a tree head-on and burst into flames. The impact so great, the tree split the car in half. Billy Carpenter lives on Dry Ridge Road and said everyday people go speeding by.
“They jump that hill down there and you see sparks flying underneath it,” exclaimed Carpenter.
Carpenter said the deaths are uncalled for and the speeding drivers make him uneasy. He said he often worries a driver will hit and kill him, instead of running into a tree.
The hills are big and the curves are sharp on Dry Ridge Road and it’s not just teens driving too fast who have had accidents. On Wednesday, while en route to the fatal wreck, a Woodford Fire truck rolled on Shannon Run – a road adjacent to Dry Ridge. Police said the driver had pulled over to the side of the road to slow down for traffic, the steep ditch gave way and he rolled.
As for the three people at UK Hospital, the extent of their injuries is not known.
