Pair of sisters killed in multi-vehicle crash in Kentucky, state police report
Two women were killed Friday in a collision involving a tractor-trailer in Muhlenberg County, according to Kentucky State Police.
The crash happened around 11:15 a.m. Dec. 5 at the intersection of U.S. 431 and Cleaton Road. State police said Morrine Cox, 68, of Greenville, was driving on Cleaton Road when she failed to stop at the intersection, entering the path of a vehicle and a tractor-trailer on U.S. 431.
Cox and a passenger in her vehicle, Virginia Grimes, 64, of Mansfield, Texas, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to state police. The driver of the other vehicle and tractor-trailer were treated for injuries.
State police is investigating the wreck. No charges have been filed.
Grimes and Cox were sisters, according to Grimes’ obituary. She was a teacher, writer and a published author, and had three daughters.
