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Accident Investigated

Officials are piecing together an accident last week which resulted in serious injuries to a passenger in one of the vehicles.
Deputy Mark Snedegar said the accident happened about two miles west of Vanceburg on the AA Highway when both vehicles were traveling west on the highway.

Snedegar said a 2002 Buick Century, operated by Harold Voiers, 89, of Vanceburg, was traveling west at a slow rate of speed. Snedegar said the Voiers vehicle apparently slowed when Mr. Voiers thought he had a flat tire.

At that time, a 1993 Ford Taurus, operated by Henry C. Thomas, 32, of Maysville, struck the Voiers' vehicle in the rear.

Snedegar said the Voiers' vehicle then went across the left side of the roadway, traveling some 150 feet, and came to rest in a ditch.
The Thomas vehicle, according to Snedegar, also traveled across the roadway and came to rest in the same ditch ahead of the Voiers' vehicle.

He said volunteer firefighters later freed Georgetta Voiers and she was taken to Meadowview Regional Medical Center by Portsmouth Ambulance.

She was treated there and later transferred to the University of Kentucky Medical Center, where she was listed in serious condition.

Carbon monoxide claims life of Vanceburg man

A Vanceburg man died last week and his wife was treated after apparently inhaling carbon monoxide fumes inside their home.
Sheriff Bill Lewis said Herbert Herb" Bloomfield, 65, was pronounced dead Thursday morning at his home near Herron Hill west of Vanceburg. His wife, Linda Sue Bloomfield, was treated at Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville after also apparently inhaling the poisonous fumes.

Lewis said tests performed on Mrs. Bloomfield indicated a nearly fatal level of carbon monoxide in her body.

Lewis said he suspects a faulty furnace may have been the source of the fumes. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas formed when carbon compounds burn in insufficient air.
Although the fumes are odorless, there are carbon monoxide detectors, similar to smoke detectors, on the market to alert building occupants of high levels of the gas.

Lewis said the Bloomfields' home was well insulated and had been winterized to help block drafts.

Death investigated

State Police are investigating the death of a Garrison man who apparently died of injuries sustained after being struck by an all-terrain vehicle.

A spokesman with the Morehead Post of the Kentucky State Police said Curtis D. Bush, 42, of Garrison, was admitted to Scioto Memorial Hospital in Portsmouth, Ohio, March 22 with a broken arm, contusions and abrasions after allegedly being struck by a Yamaha ATV operated by John Russell, 54, of Garrison.

Bush died the next day at about 5:00 p.m., according to the spokesman.
The spokesman said an autopsy was performed by the Ohio Medical Examiner's Office and that preliminary results did not determine the exact cause of death. Further autopsy results are pending.

The spokesman said no charges have been filed and investigators are awaiting final autopsy results.

Photo Catch

Tom Polley/Lewis County Sheriff's Office

Rescue workers from Garrison and Vanceburg Fire Departments responded to the scene of a fatal accident last wek on the Grayson Spur of the AA Highway, south of Vanceburg. Finley Michael Jordan of, 49, of Vanceburg, died at the scene.

The 2002-2003 Lewis County Middle School Academic Team concluded a sensational season, finishing as varsity toss-up runner-up, second in quick recall for the District Governor's Cup, third overall in District Governor's Cup, and won the Katherine Hume Award for Sportsmanship for the second time.

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