One dead, two injured in Edmonson crash
Published 5:33 pm Friday, October 23, 2026
A crash Friday involving a car and a dump truck in Edmonson County left one person dead and two people with injuries.
According to Kentucky State Police, troopers from KSP Post 3 were contacted shortly after 9 a.m. Friday about the crash at the intersection of Ky. 422 and Ky. 259.
KSP said that a Honda CR-V driven by Elijah Landers, 20, of Little Silver, New Jersey, was traveling east on Ky. 422 and attempted to cross the intersection with Ky. 259 when the vehicle collided with a dump truck traveling north on Ky. 259.
A passenger in Landers’ vehicle, Colin Sharpe, 20, of Holmdel, New Jersey, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Landers and the driver of the dump truck, Paxton Sowders, 24, of Brownsville, were taken to area hospitals for treatment of their injuries.
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