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Fatal ATV Accident in Rockcastle County

Date of News Release: 02/21/2007

(LONDON) - On February 21, 2007 at 5:44 PM the Kentucky State Police responded to an ATV accident on Pine Hill Circle, south of Mount Vernon, KY. Upon arrival Trooper Scottie Pennington determined that Nicholas L. Kirby, 18 of Mount Vernon had been riding an ATV on the roadway when he fell off and struck his head. Kirby, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Rockcastle County Coroner. Trooper Pennington continues the investigation.