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Kentucky Tractor-Trailer Accident Kills a Williamsburg Man

A man from Williamsburg was killed on the morning of Wednesday, April 1, 2009 after his car slid completely under a tractor-trailer at the intersection of U.S. 25E and South Stewart Road.

The large truck accident took place at about 8:00 AM Wednesday morning in front of the Corbin Wal-Mart.  Witnesses said a gray 1991 Buick Regal ran a red light while heading toward Corbin on U.S. 25E.  Dayle A. Leach, a 22-year-old man, was driving the Buick when it hit a tractor-trailer that was turning left from South Stewart Road.

The Buick ended up going underneath the tractor-trailer and came out the other side.  The collision sheared off the roof of the Buick and killed Leach.  

Gene A. Immon, a 43-year-old Lima, Ohio resident, was driving the tractor-trailer at the time of the crash.  he was not injured.

According to Kentucky State Police Trooper Don Trosper, “he went through the center part of the trailer and went totally underneath the trailer.  The top was taken off the vehicle as it passed under.”

Leach was alone in the vehicle at the time of the fatal accident, even though there was an empty child passenger seat in the back of the car.  He was partially ejected from the car and was not wearing a seatbelt.  Leach was pronounced dead at the scene by the Laurel County Coroner’s Office.

Police do not believe that alcohol played a factor in the accident. 

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