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A student and a bus driver were involved in a crash after a pickup truck crossed the center line and hit the bus sometime between 8 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. Wednesday morning. The crash happened on KY-7 in the Royalton community of Magoffin County. A white Chevrolet pickup truck was entering a curve on the road when it crossed the center line and hit the school bus, nearly head-on. The student and the bus driver were not hurt in the crash. There were three people in the truck. One person was taken to a hospital by a private vehicle, while another by ambulance. According to officials, no criminal charges are pending.
An accident yesterday morning shut down four lanes of traffic on Ky 80 near Kinzer drilling and remained closed for around three hours. We’re told a tractor trailer was involved; we’ll have more information as it becomes available.
Two Floyd County Schools students are being thanked for going the extra mile in helping a family in distress this past weekend. According to a press release from Floyd County schools, a family, who wishes to remain anonymous, were enjoying a ride on their side-by-side during this past weekend. The father, who was accompanied by his wife and young child, said they veered off the road and down a hill. He said he found himself in need of help, to remove his family from a bad situation. Within minutes, two individuals arrived at the scene and began offering assistance. The two individuals were not paramedics, law enforcement or anything of the sort; these two individuals were Floyd Central High School students Greyson Crum and Gabe Little. The father says the boys need to be recognized for their “amazing willingness” to help. They stayed with this family until help got to the scene, even helping the family get their machine back on track.
(Greyson Crum and Gabe Little)
A pair of men were indicted by a Johnson County grand jury on May 17 in connection to an incident in December that resulted in three arrests on burglary charges. The third man did not appear in the indictments, which also included indictments against six others. The two men, Danny Vanhoose, 42, of Main Camp Branch, Thelma, and Charles Hall, 50, of U.S. 460, Staffordsville, were indicted in complicity with one another on charges of second-degree burglary, a class C felony that carries a penalty of five to ten years in prison and a fine of no more than $10,000, and both men were indicted on charges of second-degree fleeing or evading police (on foot) and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors, and charged as first-degree persistent felony offenders. Vanhoose was also indicted on a charge of possession of burglar’s tools, a misdemeanor. In December, the citations from their original arrests stated that Kentucky State Police Troopers Matt Smith and Ryan Hall responded Dec, 20 at 7:13 p.m. to a residence on Cactus Road. Both men were apprehended, and Vanhoose had a pry bar in his possession, the report said. A third man, William Tomblin, 48, of West Loudon Avenue, Lexington, was located hiding inside the residence, the report said.
Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) announced that the Breathitt County Fiscal Court is receiving $20,000 in road aid emergency funds. The money will be used to repair a slide on Hardshell-Caney Road. Officials said the slide is near Zach Lane.
