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Jackie Bragg had a "daughter" Crystal who attended KSD and died last fall.
Wednesday July 27, 2005
Danville man dies when car crashes into house
By TODD KLEFFMAN
Staff Writer
A Danville man was killed and his wife seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when their car crashed into a house on Dorothy Drive, police said.
J.D. Chambers, 85, of Erskin Drive, died at the scene. Cornelia K. Chambers, also 85, who was driving, was airlifted to the Chandler University of Kentucky Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition this morning, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Boyle County Coroner Dr. James Ramey pronounced J.D. Chambers dead at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. He said the man died of massive blunt force trauma to the chest.
The couple were headed north on Waveland Avenue, ran through a stop sign at Dorothy Drive and crashed into the front of Jackie Bragg's house at 198 Dorothy Drive. The accident, which occurred about 4:15 p.m., caused severe damage to the car, the house and its foundation, according to a police report. "I was in the kitchen in the back part of the house cooking supper. I didn't see it but I heard it," Bragg said today. "It was like an explosion. It shook things off the wall. It shook candles over. It scared me to death.
"I opened the door and there were two old people out there. It looked like the man was already gone and the woman was hurt real, real bad."
Police are still investigating the accident and trying to determine what may have caused Cornelia Chambers to run the stop sign in her 1988 Dodge Shadow. There were no indications that she tried to stop or make any evasive maneuvers, the report said.
Bragg said the couple often drove down Waveland while traveling to and from their house on Erskin, a few blocks from the accident site. "I can remember seeing them going down the street. They always drove real slow," Bragg said. "She must of had a heart attack or something, and hit the gas."
Bragg said relatives of the Chambers stopped by her house Tuesday evening to check on her. "They said she was in pretty bad shape," Bragg said.
Bragg, 68, has lived at the residence for 15 years and said Tuesday's accident was the second time a vehicle had run the stop sign and struck her house. About three years ago, a truck crashed into the house, but fled before police arrived, she said. That accident caused about $4,500 in damages, she said.
"After I get it fixed this time, I'm not staying here. I can't go out again and see two people like that. I can't stand it no more," she said.
The accident marked the first traffic fatality of the year within Danville City Limits, police said.
Copyright The Advocate-Messenger 2005
Wednesday July 27, 2005
Danville man dies when car crashes into house
By TODD KLEFFMAN
Staff Writer
A Danville man was killed and his wife seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when their car crashed into a house on Dorothy Drive, police said.
J.D. Chambers, 85, of Erskin Drive, died at the scene. Cornelia K. Chambers, also 85, who was driving, was airlifted to the Chandler University of Kentucky Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition this morning, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Boyle County Coroner Dr. James Ramey pronounced J.D. Chambers dead at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. He said the man died of massive blunt force trauma to the chest.
The couple were headed north on Waveland Avenue, ran through a stop sign at Dorothy Drive and crashed into the front of Jackie Bragg's house at 198 Dorothy Drive. The accident, which occurred about 4:15 p.m., caused severe damage to the car, the house and its foundation, according to a police report. "I was in the kitchen in the back part of the house cooking supper. I didn't see it but I heard it," Bragg said today. "It was like an explosion. It shook things off the wall. It shook candles over. It scared me to death.
"I opened the door and there were two old people out there. It looked like the man was already gone and the woman was hurt real, real bad."
Police are still investigating the accident and trying to determine what may have caused Cornelia Chambers to run the stop sign in her 1988 Dodge Shadow. There were no indications that she tried to stop or make any evasive maneuvers, the report said.
Bragg said the couple often drove down Waveland while traveling to and from their house on Erskin, a few blocks from the accident site. "I can remember seeing them going down the street. They always drove real slow," Bragg said. "She must of had a heart attack or something, and hit the gas."
Bragg said relatives of the Chambers stopped by her house Tuesday evening to check on her. "They said she was in pretty bad shape," Bragg said.
Bragg, 68, has lived at the residence for 15 years and said Tuesday's accident was the second time a vehicle had run the stop sign and struck her house. About three years ago, a truck crashed into the house, but fled before police arrived, she said. That accident caused about $4,500 in damages, she said.
"After I get it fixed this time, I'm not staying here. I can't go out again and see two people like that. I can't stand it no more," she said.
The accident marked the first traffic fatality of the year within Danville City Limits, police said.
Copyright The Advocate-Messenger 2005
