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The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Breckinridge County Saturday.
According to KSP Post Four, at around 5:10 p.m. CDT on July 26 Breckinridge County Dispatch requested troopers investigate a two-vehicle collision near the 13,000 block of KY 261.
The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates 48-year-old Joseph Maynard of Owensboro was operating a truck heading south on KY 261 when for unknown reasons the vehicle crossed the center line, striking a northbound truck head-on and causing both vehicles to become engulfed in flames.
Maynard was pronounced dead at the scene by the Breckinridge County Coroner’s Office. Also pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner’s office were the operator of the northbound truck, 22-year-old Hunter Lyons, and a one-year-old juvenile in his vehicle. An adult female passenger in Lyons’s vehicle was flown from the scene to the University of Louisville Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The KSP’s investigation of the collision is ongoing. The affected portion of KY 261 was closed for several hours for accident reconstruction.
Elizabethtown Independent Schools invites district families to come out this Friday and celebrate the start of the upcoming school year.
“From 6 to 8 p.m. at Elizabethtown High School, it’s our back to school bash,” said Elizabethtown High School and Valley View Education Center Youth Service Coordinator Shay Ditto. “We’ve called it Panther Fest 2025. We would love to see our families there. We’ve got inflatables, Kona Ice, a DJ, vendors, and everything that families would really need to kick off the school year right.”
Pantherfest is a free event for EIS students and their families.
“It’s just for them and anything that they would need for the school year,” Ditto said. “I’m sure Panther Fest will be glad to help with all the resources that families and students will need to kick off the school year strong.”
Multiple community partners will be on hand with information on resources available to students and families. The event is sponsored by the school district and the Elizabethtown Independent Family Resource and Youth Services Center.