Update — The victim has been identified as Bobbie Sanchez, a 40-year-old female, of Owensboro.
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One person died in a single-vehicle accident on Wednesday evening, according to the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office.
According to a release, Owensboro-Daviess County Central Dispatch received a call at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Wednesday regarding an accident in the 4900 block of KY 144 near Owensboro Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Initial investigation indicates that an eastbound passenger car was passing vehicles at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle, leaving the roadway and striking a ditch, according to DCSO.
The release says the driver of the vehicle suffered serious injuries and was pronounced deadat the scene by the Daviess County Coroner’s Office. The identity of the driver involved in the fatality will be released by the Daviess County Coroner’s Office at a later time.
There were no other passengers in the vehicle, nor any other vehicles involved.
DCSO Patrol Division, DCSO Accident Reconstruction Unit, Daviess County Fire Department, Thruston-Philpot Fire Department, Daviess County Coroner’s Office, and AMR Ambulance Service all responded to the scene.
KY 144 was closed for approximately 2 hours between the U.S. 60 bypass and KY 405 for DCSO to reconstruct the scene.
