Courtesy Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home
48-year-old Robert Lee Gilbert and his nephew, 34-year-old Preston Allen Gilbert of Glens Fork, KY died at approximately 10amET on Sunday, July 29, 2018 in a single vehicle accident in Boone County, KY.
The accident happened near Union, KY on Interstate 75 in the Southbound Lane near mile marker #176. Robert Lee Gilbert, 48, the driver of the pickup truck was airlifted from the scene of the accident to the University of Cincinnati Trauma Center were he was pronounced dead on arrival. A passenger, Preston Allen Gilbert, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Boone County Coroners Office.Reportedly the men were returning to Adair County from a visit with relatives in Ohio when the accident occurred.
Funeral arrangements for Robert Lee Gilbert and his nephew Preston Allen Gilbert will be announced later today (Monday, July 30th) by Stotts-Phelps-Mcqueary Funeral Home in Columbia, KY.