A 9-year-old was flown to the University of Kentucky following a wreck this morning near the Gosser Ridge community.
The Russell County Sheriff’s Office said 40-year-old Stacy Sterner was operating a 2005 Chevy Tahoe in the 1200 block of Highway 3525 just after 7 o’clock this morning when she swerved to avoid an animal, dropped off the shoulder of the roadway, struck an embankment, and then a tree.
A 9-year-old male passenger in the vehicle was flown by PHI Air Medical to the University of Kentucky.
Sterner sustained injuries in the wreck, but refused treatment at the scene.
The Russell County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the collision. They were assisted on scene by the Eli Fire Department, Russell County EMS, and PHI Air Medical.
