The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will be closing a section of Maple Grove Road in Trigg County Monday morning, as a memorial sign unveiling take place in honor of the nine Fort Campbell soldiers killed when two helicopters crashed in March.
The site of the March 29 crash of two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters is located just south of the Lancaster Road intersection and just south of the Kentucky 272 intersection. According to a news release, Maple Grove Road will be closed between KY 272 and Oak Grove Church Road to allow parking for families and the public attending the memorial sign unveiling scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday.
During this closure, motorists may detour via Oak Grove Church Road and Old Dover Road.
The names of those lost in the crash are 33-year-old Warrant Officer Jeffery Barnes, 23-year old Sergeant Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, 36-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Esparza, 27-year-old Sgt. Isaac John Gayo 25-year-old Staff Sgt. Joshua Caleb Gore, 32-year-old Warrant Officer 1 Aaron Healy, 30-year-old Staff Sgt. Taylor Mitchell, 32-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Rusten Smith and 23-year-old Sgt. David Solinas Jr.