1 dead, child injured after collision in Logan County

RUSSELLVILLE, Ky. – Police say a man is dead and a small child has been hospitalized after a collision in Logan County.

The Logan County Sheriff’s Office responded Saturday, March 4 around 11:32 a.m. for a two-vehicle collision with injuries at the intersection of Hopkinsville Road and Stevenson Chapel Road.

Police say Charles M. Parker was operating a Kubota RTV utility vehicle on Stevenson Chapel Road. While Parker tried to cross Hopkinsville Road, police say he traveled into the path of a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban traveling westbound on Hopkinsville Road.

Both vehicles overturned after impact, and Parker, along with a 4-year-old, were ejected from the RTV as a result of the collision, according to police.

Parker, 73, of Russellville was pronounced dead at the scene. The 4-year-old passenger was flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

The driver of the Chevrolet Suburban was not injured in the collision, police say.

The investigation is ongoing.