A Good Samaritan has been killed while helping a motorist who was stuck in a ditch.
Kentucky State Police said that Thursday night at approximately 6:00, 51-year-old Julie McCann and 66-year-old Fred Thomas, both of Lynn Grove in Calloway County, were helping an elderly Tennessee motorist who was stuck in a ditch on Hwy 94, near Lynn Grove.
While the two were helping the elderly man, a 2020 Ford Escape, being driven by 76-year-old Ruth K. Leatherwood, 76, of Murray, struck McCann, killing her.
Thomas was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Leatherwood was not hurt.
Kentucky State Police is leading the investigation.
(Photo: Julie McCann)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
