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Brandon Boles, of Stokes County, and Pablo Cruz, of Dudley, were killed in a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 before the Farmington Road exit Sunday morning. A Ford pickup truck was traveling east in westbound lanes when it hit a Chevrolet pickup head-on. The vehicle driven by Cruz was traveling east in the westbound lane. The Chevrolet caught fire after the crash.
Due to the fire, the identities of the two people who died have yet to be confirmed, troopers said. Russell Gilchrist, of Longview, was flown in a LifeFlight helicopter to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver with a broken right leg and fractured vertebrae.
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Six people, including three children, were killed and four were injured Thursday night after a station wagon traveling north on U.S. 27 in Nicholasville lost control, crossed the median and hit a van head-on, police said. Police say the driver of a car, which had four passengers, was headed north on US 27, somehow lost control, crossed the median, and hit another car.