TWO WOMEN INJURED IN ACCIDENT WHEN DRIVER HITS PARKED CAR, THEN FIRE HYDRANT

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) MORNING JUST AFTER 7 O’CLOCK ON WEST 2^ND STREET WHEN THE DRIVER HIT A PARKED CAR AND A FIRE HYDRANT.

            THE REPORT SAYS 56 –YEAR OLD JOANNE ROGERS OF EAST 1^ST STREET WAS SOUTHBOUND ON RIVERFRONT DRIVE WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO TURN LEFT ONTO WEST 2^ND STREET AND HIT THE PARKED CAR OF 70 –YEAR OLD DOROTHY HOLLOWELL OF RIVERFRONT DRIVE. THE REPORT SAYS SHE THEN CROSSED THE ROAD AND HIT A FIRE HYDRANT KNOCKING IT OFF ITS FOUNDATION. ROGERS REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT SHE THOUGHT HER BRAKES LOCKED UP ON HER.

            ROGERS AND HER PASSENGER, 83 –YEAR OLD LUCY ROGERS OF EAST 7^TH STREET, WERE TAKEN TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS.