SUV accident leaves one dead in Letcher County

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 Kentucky State Police responded to a single-vehicle accident on KY-317 Saturday morning.

They say it happened around 8:50 a.m. near the Neon community in Letcher County.

The driver, 51-year-old Karen Hall of Whitesburg, was driving a black 2003 Ford Explorer when she hit a curve.

The SUV then left the road and ended up over an embankment, the driver was not wearing a seatbelt.

The Letcher County Coroner’s Office responded and pronounced Hall dead at the scene.

A toxicology report is pending and KSP is still investigating the incident.