Roads turning deadly in state

Published 12:00 am Monday, July 3, 2000

HORSE CAVE Two people died and six others were injured Sunday in a two-car accident near Horse Cave. The collision was one of five fatal accidents that have claimed nine lives this holiday weekend. According to Kentucky State Police, Debra S. Ryles, 42, of Horse Cave was traveling south on Ky. 571 six miles east of Horse Cave shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday when she ran apparently through a stop sign at Ky. 218 and drove into the path of a 1998 Dodge driven by Carolyn Glass, 28, of North Richland Hills, Tenn. Glass vehicle collided with Ryles 1987 Ford in the drivers side,which caused it to overturn. Ryles and her 8-year-old son, Christopher, were pronounced dead at the scene. Another child in the car, Lora Ryles, was taken to T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow for treatment. Glass and her four passengers, Vanessa Hiser, 30, Phillip Hiser, 27, Radina Hiser, 5, and Brittany Martin, 10, were also taken to T.J. Samson. All five were treated and released, according to hospital staff members. Police said they have yet to determine whether alcohol was a factor in the crash. None of the Ryleses was wearing a seat belt , police said. Another accident earlier Sunday also claimed the lives of a mother and her son. Odis Rogers, 45, and his 71-year-old mother, Irene Rogers, both of Stanton, died in a two-car collision north of Beattyville. Rogers was traveling southbound on Ky. 11 in a Ford Taurus when a northbound Chevrolet van driven by Donald Story, 38, of Beattyville, crossed the center line and struck their car head-on, police said. Odis Rogers and Irene Rogers died at the scene. Story was flown to University of Kentucky Medical Center, where he was listed in fair condition on Sunday night. Police said alcohol was found in Storys vehicle but he has not been charged pending the results of a blood-alcohol test. So far, the 2000 Fourth of July weekend has resulted in the same number of fatal wrecks as in 1999, but nearly twice as many people have died in the accidents, said Lt. Kevin Payne of Kentucky State Police. Last year, five people lost their lives in five separate accidents, while nine people are dead after the same number of wrecks in 2000, Payne said.

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