On Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 6:35pmCT, the Adair County Sheriffs Office received a call from Adair 911 of a single vehicle collision 9 miles east of Columbia on Hwy 206. Upon Deputy Josh Durbin's arrival, it was found that a vehicle had struck a guardrail and overturned with the operator pinned underneath.
The preliminary investigation shows that 44-year-old Bobby Roberts of Columbia, KY was operating a 1995 Chevrolet S-10 truck, traveling east on Liberty Road (Hwy 206), when he failed to negotiate a left-hand curve. The vehicle began to skid sideways down the road before striking a guardrail. The impact caused the vehicle to start flipping multiple times leaving the driver pinned underneath the vehicle. The Columbia-Adair Co. Fire Dept. extricated Roberts from the vehicle by mechanical means. Adair Co. Coroner Todd Akin was contacted and Roberts was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Deputy Josh Durbin is investigating the collision and was assisted by Kentucky State Police.
