Semi-Truck Crash Closes Both Lanes of Highway 144

Daviess County, Kentucky: At approximately 1226 pm on Tuesday, November 10th, DCSO Deputies, KSP Troopers, Daviess County Fire Department, and Thruston Fire Department were dispatched to a single vehicle accident with injuries in the 4600 block of Highway 144 near Highway US 60 (Bypass). A west bound semi-truck hauling paper overturned blocking traffic in both directions. The driver of the semi suffered minor injuries and was freed from the cab by firefighters shortly after they arrived. He was transported to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital by AMR Ambulance Service. Traffic in the area will be affected for several hours while crews work to clean up the scene and remove the semi.