A Benton teenager is recovering after she and another teen were involved in an accident Monday on Interstate 24.
According to McCracken County Sheriff’s Department, responders were dispatched about 12:25 p.m. Monday to the 12-mile marker of I-24 west in McCracken County. Police say Paige Story, 16, of Mayfield, was driving westbound in a 2014 white Jeep when she struck the rear-end of a semi. The semi, operated by Michael Mercer, 59, of Kevil, was stopped in traffic due to a prior accident along the interstate.
Story and her passenger, 16-year-old Charolette Harrington, of Benton, were injured in the incident and taken to Lourdes Hospital for treatment. Injuries suffered in the accident were not life-threatening, according to MCSD. Mercer was unharmed in the incident.
The McCracken County Sheriff’s Department was assisted on scene by Mercy Regional EMS and BA’s Automotive.