Mackenzie P. Hays, 23, killed;Rhonda Belcher, 41, injured when car strikes them while watching eclipse in Hyden, Kentucky
Car strikes 2 women watching eclipse, 1 dies
State Police Trooper Jody Sims says the car crossed the center line and hit a utility pole and the pedestrians Monday in Hyden, about 120 miles southeast of Lexington.
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