Weekend accident leads to fatality

Published 10:15 am Wednesday, November 22, 2017

The Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office worked its second highway fatality of 2017 on Saturday.

According to authorities, a two-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of U.S. 68 and Hwy. 169 that claimed the life of one person.

The accident reportedly occurred at around 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 when a 2004 Honda Civic driven by Mary Haydon, 70, of Lexington and a BMW driven by Cindy Hall, 54, collided.

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Both drivers, along with Linda Hall, 76, of Nicholasville, who was a passenger in the BMW, were transported to UK Hospital by Jessamine County EMS. There, Haydon was pronounced dead.

The accident remains under investigation by the Jessamine County Sheriffs Office.