Danville collision injures three

Three people were injured Friday in a collision at Perryville Road and Ben Ali Drive, Danville police said.

About 9:55 a.m. Friday, Betty Barlow, 79, of Reynolds Station, was driving a 2012 Ford Escape eastbound on Perryville Road, according to a press release. Barlow’s Escape entered the intersection of Perryville Road and Ben Ali Drive, striking the driver’s side of a 2008 Lincoln Navigator operated by Patricia Jackson, 55, of Danville.

The force of the collision knocked Jackson’s Navigator into a 2004 Chevrolet Classic operated by Ricky Cox, 46, of Bradfordsville, police said. Cox was stopped in a turning lane on Perryville Road.

Paramedics transported Barlow and her passenger, Jack Barlow, 83, to Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center for treatment of unknown injuries. Danville firefighters had to use the “Jaws of Life” to extricate Jackson from her Navigator and she also was transported to the Danville hosptial. 

Cox was not injured in the collision, police said.