Beshear orders flags to half-staff Saturday in honor of Pulaski County EMT

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, April 6 in honor of a Somerset-Pulaski County EMT who died in the line of duty.

Chastian Tyler McWhorter, 26, of Albany, Kentucky, was killed Monday in Garrard County after a tractor trailer struck the ambulance he was driving, according to the governor’s office.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lindle Castle Gymnasium at Clinton County High School. Interment will follow at the Marcum Cemetery in Clinton County.

Beshear encourages all individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies to join in this tribute.