By John Estridge from a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release
Three vehicles were involved in a collision at the top of Jackson Hill on U.S. 52 West Sunday afternoon, injuring two.
One of the vehicles was parked in a private drive at the time of the accident.
According to a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release, at 2:27 p.m., Jason N. Cregar Jr., 20, Laurel, was operating a 2007 Hyundai Accent westbound on U.S. 52. He attempted to turn left or south onto a private lane. He told deputies he did not see an eastbound vehicle before turning.
That eastbound vehicle was a 2012 Ford Focus operated by Ina L. Leake, 63, Greensburg. She said she did not have time to react and struck Cregar’s vehicle. This caused the Hyundai to continue off the road, striking a 2010 GMC Terrain parked in the private drive.
Leake, as well as a passenger in Cregar’s vehicle, Levi Cregar Jr., 13, were transported to Margaret Mary Hospital in Batesville for non-life-threatening injuries by Brookville EMS.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department deputies were assisted at the scene by Franklin County EMS, Laurel Volunteer Fire Department and Responder 24.
U.S. 52 was shut down for a period of time due to the accident.