Update: Taylorsville man injured in Fairfield Road semi crash

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO
STAFF REPORT

Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, 12:50 a.m. (Updated Dec. 7, 12:51 a.m.) — Elmer R. Puckett, 73, of Taylorsville, was injured early Saturday morning in an overturned semi tractor-trailer accident on KY 508, the Fairfield Road. At 12:05 a.m., Nelson County EMS, Nelson County Fire & Rescue and police were dispatched to the 1300 block of Fairfield Road for a 1995 Volvo semi tanker that overturned and struck a utility pole. First-responders arrived to find the driver out of the truck and vehicle fluids leaking onto the roadway. Puckett was transported by EMS to Flaget Memorial Hospital with complaints of left shoulder pain. Fairfield Road was shut down while first-responders cleaned up hazardous fluids and wreckers uprighted the truck. Nelson County Emergency Management responded due to the spilled hazardous fluids involved in the crash. Deputy A.J. Lewis investigated the accident.

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