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An accident on the Western Kentucky Parkway closed the westbound lane for several hours Tuesday.

According to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the 123 mile marker on Western Kentucky Parkway westbound at around 6:45 p.m. on July 9 for the report of a three-vehicle injury collision.

Accident reconstruction from the sheriff’s office indicates that prior to the collision the first unit, a passenger car operated by William Nelson of Sweeden, Kentucky, was traveling east on the parkway. The second unit, a pickup truck driven by Heather Childress of Elizabethtown, and the third unit, a passenger car operated by Eva Glover of Louisville, were traveling west.

Nelson’s vehicle hydroplaned, left the roadway on the left side of the highway, crossed the median, and entered into the westbound lanes of travel. Childress’s vehicle made contact with Nelson’s head-on, and Glover’s vehicle then struck Nelson’s.

Nelson and a passenger in his vehicle were taken to Baptist Health Hardin then transported to the University of Louisville Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Childress and Glover were treated at Baptist Health Hardin for minor injuries.

The sheriff’s office’s investigation into the crash is ongoing.

You can help sustain the Kentucky wild turkey population by being an extra set of eyes for the state’s biologists.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife asks anyone who spots wild turkeys in July and August to report them through the Summer Turkey Online Survey Portal.

KFW says data collected through the survey helps the department better understand turkey population trends over time. Data from the survey is used to index the hatch and survival rate of young turkeys in order to assess reproductive success, which in turn influences limits set for turkey hunting season in order to help sustain the state’s turkey population.

The turkey population is studied by department biologists and graduate student researchers, and volunteers allow staff to expand the survey area. The survey gives the researchers insight into issues facing the turkey population such as habitat destruction, predation, and disease.

The online survey portal can be found at fw.ky.gov. A printable survey form may also be downloaded that a participant can then fill out and take a picture of to email back to KFW.

The Kentucky State Police is investigating after a pedestrian was killed in Nelson County Monday.

Troopers from KSP Post Four responded to a report of a single-vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at approximately 10:45 p.m. July 8.

Troopers arrived at the scene of the accident, located near the 4,000 block of Louisville Road just north of Bardstown. The KSP says the preliminary investigation shows a vehicle being operated by Langleigh Winters of Bardstown was traveling north on Louisville Road when she failed to observe a pedestrian walking in the northbound lane and struck him with the vehicle.

The pedestrian was later identified as 23-year-old Matt Berry of Bardstown. Berry was pronounced dead at the scene by the Nelson County Coroner’s Office. Winters reported no injuries from the incident.

The area of the accident on Louisville Road was shut down for several hours as troopers performed accident reconstruction. The KSP says the investigation into the accident remains ongoing.