Photos: Wreck that injures five shuts down Natcher

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, August 25, 2009

First responders tend to five victims of a two-vehicle accident Monday at the nine-mile marker on the William Natcher Parkway.

Both northbound lanes and one southbound lane were closed to clear the wreckage.

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Trooper Charles Swiney, spokesman for Kentucky State Police Post 3, said the wreck occurred when a tire blew out on a dump truck traveling on the parkway, causing the driver to lose control.

Swiney said one person was hospitalized with a broken back and four others complained of head and neck injuries.

Traffic was shut down in the northbound lane for more than an hour.