On Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 10:58amCT, the Adair County Sheriffs Office responded to a 9-1-1 call of an injury collision 9 miles east of Columbia on Acree Road. The preliminary investigation shows that 24-year-old Hailey Melton of Columbia was operating a 2005 Buick when she failed to negotiate a curve and dropped off the roadway. In an attempt to recover the vehicle she overcorrected, ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned.
Melton, along with a passenger Amber Melton and four juvenile children, were all treated at the scene by Adair County EMS and transferred to TJ Health Columbia. Hailey Melton was then flown by helicopter to the UK Hospital in Lexington, KY.
The collision is being investigated by Chief Deputy Justin Cross. The Columbia-Adair County Fire Department and KSP assisted at the scene.
