On Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 1:20pmCT, Adair County Deputy Gary Roy was dispatched to KY 704, approximately 7 miles south of Columbia, after the Adair 911 Center received a call of a large truck that had left the roadway and overturned.
The preliminary investigation shows that 47-year-old Scott Peacock of Edmonton, KY was operating a 1995 International truck on KY 704 when he dropped off the right shoulder of the roadway. The driver then overcorrected and left the roadway, striking a mailbox and overturning.
Peacock and his two passengers, Jessica Williams and Johnny Slayton, were treated on scene by Adair EMS and transported to TJ Health Columbia.
The accident remains under investigation by Deputy Gary Roy.
