Stolen car sighted in Beech Fork River prompts emergency response

Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, 1 p.m. — Police, firefighters and EMS responded to the Avon Fogle bridge over the Beech Fork River on KY 49 Friday about 1 p.m. after a passer-by spotted a yellow vehicle submerged in the water. First responders found the vehicle upside down in the river just off Burba Road. After running the vehicle’s license plate, it was determined the vehicle, a yellow 2003 Ford Mustang, had been reported stolen in Nelson County last September.