Kentucky State Police Investigate Crash Involving Trooper and UTV Operator in Pike County
Detectives with the Kentucky State Police are currently investigating a crash that occurred early Saturday morning in Dorton, Pike County, which resulted in the hospitalization of a state trooper and a UTV operator. According to a news release from the State Police, two cruisers were parked in the median of U.S. 23, conducting safety enforcement when a utility task vehicle (UTV) crashed into the back of one of the cruisers. Trooper Mitchell Culbertson sustained a laceration to the head and was treated and released from Pikeville Medical Center. The UTV operator, identified as 28-year-old James Honaker of Virginia, suffered 'severe injuries' and remains hospitalized in serious condition. 
