Two Letcher County residents die after separate accidents

AMANDA CARTER Two Letcher County residents died in separate accidents since Saturday, one in a single-vehicle crash in Perry County and the other after falling from a roof at Crafts Colly. Amanda Carter, 35, of Burdine, died Saturday, November 7, in a crash on KY 15 in the Chavies community of Perry County. WILLIAM MORTON Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard responded after Perry County 911 requested assistance with a collision involving injuries. According to the preliminary investigation, Carter was driving north in a 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander when she failed to negotiate a curve and crossed into the southbound lane. The vehicle struck a guardrail, overturned and came to rest against an earthen embankment. State police said Carter was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected. She was pronounced dead at the scene by the Perry County Coroner’s Office. A passenger was taken to Hazard ARH Hospital for treatment of injuries described as not life-threatening.

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