The Elizabethtown Police Department is investigating a fatal traffic collision.
According to the EPD, at just after noon on Friday officers along with other emergency responders responded to “a serious injury collision at the intersection of Patriot Parkway and Timber Lane.”
The EPD says the preliminary investigation indicates that a driver operating a SUV attempted to make a left turn from Timber Lane onto the northbound lane of Patriot Parkway when it crossed into the path of a southbound sedan. The driver of the sedan hit the brakes and attempted to stop, but the vehicle collided with the driver’s side of the SUV.
A passenger in the SUV was pronounced dead at Baptist Health Hardin. The drivers of both vehicles were transported to BHH for treatment of minor injuries.
The southbound lanes of Patriot Parkway were closed at the scene of the collision for several hours. The incident remains under investigation by the Elizabethtown Police Accident Reconstruction Team.
