On Friday, June 24, 2022 Adair County Deputies Derek Padgett and Chandler Staten responded to a call of assistance, 20 miles north of Columbia on Speck Ridge Road in Elk Horn, KY. A preliminary investigation determined that 61-year-old William Thomas Brown of Elk Horn was at home working on his 2013 Chevrolet Cruze. Mr. Brown used a hydraulic bottle jack and a piece of wood to lift the vehicle off the ground. The ground in the area of the jack was not level causing the bottle jack to be unlevel in lifting the vehicle. Upon Brown getting under the vehicle, the weight of it shifted, causing the bottle jack to lean. The vehicle then fell, pinning Brown underneath it. William Thomas Brown of Elk Horn was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Adair County Deputies were assisted at the scene by Adair County Coroner Todd Akin, Adair EMS, the Knifley Volunteer Fire Department and Campbellsville/Taylor County EMS.
