Additional details have been released on a three-vehicle accident from I-24 on Monday morning that injured two people.
The collision report from Christian County Sheriff’s Deputy Andy Sanderson says 31-year old Natalie Bade of Lebanon, Illinois was eastbound near the 87 mile-marker just after 5 a.m. when she swerved to miss a deer, causing her car to spin and then strike the cable median barrier before coming to rest in the left lane.
A tractor-trailer driven by 35-year old Rodregius Hayes of Henderson was traveling behind Bade and pulled over in the emergency lane, but was his semi was struck by a pickup pulling a trailer operated by 28-year old Soriano Jimenez of Minnesota after he was unable to avoid hitting Bade’s car.
Bade and her passenger, 38-year old Shelia Cook of Illinois, were both taken by EMS to Jennie Stuart Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries.