Adair SAR unit manned Wheeler Hill traffic checkpoint 2012-03-27 - KY 61 at KY 768, Antioch Community, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Gerald Sneed and Jerry Rector manned the traffic checkpoint at the top of Wheeler Hill at the KY 68 crossing of KY 61 South. The men are members of the Adair County Search and Rescue Squad. In the background, right, is Jeff & Henrietta Scott's HRS Raku Gallery, at the site of the one-time Gladys Wheeler Store. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Breeding Area VFD units block KY 61 northbound traffic 2012-03-27 - Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A Breeding Area Volunteer Fire Department Pumper was positioned across KY 61 South to prevent northbound traffic from entering the crash scene. A second of the three BAVFD vehicles, around which a number of Breeding firefighters are congregated was on standby awaiting arrival of an Ellis Towing Systems truck, coming from Bardstown, KY, for an hours long, cautiously executed retrieval of the overturned explosives truck, on the right. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Joe VanArsdale secured traffic checkpoint 2012-03-27 - KY 61 at Weed-Sparksville RD, Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Kentucky Highway Department veteran employee Joe VanArsdale was in charge of the traffic checkpoint at the intersection of KY 61 and Weed-Sparksville Road. Southbound traffic was diverted across Weed-Sparksville (historically: Meatskin Road) to KY 80 West, to Chestnut Grove Road at Nell. In the background, right, is the old Sparksville Grade Center, behind which towers the new Columbia/Adair Utility District's newest improvement, the 750,000 gallon Sparksville storage tank. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Cleanup truck on standby in case it's needed 2012-03-27 - Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A full complement of response teams swarmed at the Sparksville scene today. The Garrison Construction truck, with specialist operator Andy Collins, was parked on standby just in case a clean up of hazardous material were to occur, according to Garrison spokesperson Mike Mitchum. Garrison Construction is a sub-contractor or joint-venture partner of Evergreen Environmental of Louisville, KY, a Jerry McCandless (Lindsey Wilson College trustee for whom McCandless Hall is named) company. Should a clean up be needed, Garrison would remove any contamination to EPA standards, restore the contour, and re-seed or re-sod the area. The landmark structures in the background are the one time W.L. Harvey General Store and the Yank Loy Garage and Store. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Janie Potts, Breeding Area Volunteer Fire Dept. 2012-03-27 - Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Janie Potts,, Columbia, KY, a firefighter with the Breeding Area Volunteer Fire Department, displays a fireman's boot from a pair she is giving to her grandson. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ellis Towing Service called in for specialized removal work 2012-03-27 - Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. This specialized tow truck from Ellis Towing and Transportation Systems of 515 Old Bloomfield Road, Bardstown, KY. had to be brought in from Bardstown, KY, to move the overturned explosives truck - owned by Austin Powder Company of Willisburg, KY and operated by Robert Cox of Bardstown - from the scene in Sparksville, KY. The wreckage necessitated the closure of KY 61 today, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. The photo was taken shortly after 10amCT, shortly after the truck arrived. Sources were estimating a minimum of 6 hours for the removal to be completed to 8 hours or longer before the road would be re-opened. Ellis Towing bills itself as "Central Kentucky's Largest Towing Service." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Greg Thomas, Adair Co. Emergency Disaster Coordinator 2012-03-27 - KY 61, Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Greg Thomas Adair County Emergency Disaster Manager, was on the scene with the Hazardous Materials truck. Quite fortunately, a potentially dangerous situation was handled without further incident after the explosives truck overturned just south of Bird Road on KY 61 in Sparksville, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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