SOUTH LAUREL — A three-vehicle crash on American Greeting Card Road Friday resulted in one fatality, multiple injuries and the arrest of one driver on a vehicular homicide charge.
According to a release from the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred around 12 midnight Friday morning, approximately 11 miles south of London. A Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Kimberly Hedrick, 55, of London, was traveling southbound when it crossed the centerline — striking a northbound Chevrolet Aveo head on and critically injuring its driver, Benita Vickers, 55, of Corbin.
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