Local man hurt in Pilot Rock Road accident

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A local man was injured in a single-vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Pilot Rock Road.

Christian County Sheriff’s Captain Chris Miller investigated the incident and says 24-year old Richard Rippeon III of Hopkinsville was traveling west in the 12000 block of Pilot Rock Road about 7 a.m. when his vehicle exited the left side of the road and struck a ditch.

Rippeon was taken by EMS to Jennie Stuart Medical Center for treatment of leg pain.