Side-Swipe Crash Sends One To Hospital

ABOVE: Emergency personnel render aid to Lerica Highbaugh, (inside vehicle) after a two-car accident on Monday. Highbaugh was hospitalized from the incident.  Bernice Childress, also involved (with red scarf) looks on.
(D. Doyle)


On Monday, A 2004 Ford Taurus operated by  Bernice Childress, 73, from Mammoth Cave was pulling from the parking lot at The Cee Bee Food Store. A 2001 Grand Prix operated by  Lerica Highbaugh, 46, was south bound on Main Street. Ms. Childress pulled into the path of Ms. Highbaugh.  Unable to avoid the collision, Ms. Highbaugh side-swiped Ms. Childress' vehicle. 


Ms. Highbaugh was transported by the Edmonson County EMS to the Medical Center in Bowling Green where she was treated and released.