A Gallatin teenager was taken by Lifeflight Eagle to Truman Medical Center after an accident that happened at about 10:35 a.m. on July 19 in Daviess County.
According to the highway patrol, the crash occurred as Dariyn Pettit, 19, was driving eastbound on Route V. About six miles south of Jamesport, she swerved to miss a deer in the roadway. She overcorrected the 2009 Ford Focus she was driving and went off the south side of Route V and overturned.
Her vehicle came to rest off of the roadway on its driver’s side, facing west.
Dariyn received minor injuries. She was wearing her seat belt.
The Ford had extensive damage.
The accident was investigated by Cpl. M.J. Miller, assisted by Daviess County Sheriff’s Department and EMS and Life Flight Eagle.
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