12-23-09

MONROE COUNTY WOMAN DIES IN BARREN COUNTY CRASH

A one vehicle accident Wednesday December 23^rd around 7:00 am, on Austin Tracy Road (Hwy 87) approximately 6 miles east of the Austin community, took the life of a Monroe County woman.

Preliminary investigation indicates the accident occurred when 55-year-old Sandra F. Ford was traveling west on Austin Tracy Road in her 2001 Chevrolet Malibu and failed to negotiate a curve, the vehicle then traveled off the right side of the roadway through a ditch-line going airborne before striking a tree.

Ford was pronounced dead at the scene by Barren County Corner Mike Swift.

Ford was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

Deputies Steve Runyon and Kevin Wilson are continuing their investigation.

Those responding to the scene of the crash were the Austin Tracy Volunteer Fire Department and the Barren/Metcalfe Emergency Medical Service.