Jasper woman killed in single-vehicle accident in Kentucky

A Jasper woman was killed in an accident on the Pennyrile Parkway Sunday morning.

According to Kentucky State Police, Alyssa M. Wagner, 22, was driving a 2004 Lincoln Aviator northbound on the highway at about 10:30 a.m. when the vehicle went off the left side of the roadway and struck an overpass support near the Hopkins/Christian counties line. The vehicle then re-entered the northbound lane, overturning onto its passenger side before stopping on the roadway.

Wagner was pronounced dead at the scene by Hopkins County Coroner Dennis Mayfield.

Passengers Lauren Cessan, 22, of Ogden, Ill., Kristen Hostetter, 23, of Bloomfield, Ind., and Jennah M. Banks, 23, of Rockport, were transported to Baptist Health Madisonville for treatment of their injuries.

Passenger Jarod Daming, 24, of Newburgh, was flown to St. Mary’s Hospital in Evansville for treatment and passenger Malcolm Webb, 23, of Rockport, was flown to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville for treatment.

Kentucky State Trooper William Braden is continuing the investigation. He was assisted at the scene by Sgt. Nick Rice, Trooper Luis Palmer, the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department, Nortonville Fire and Rescue and Medical Center Ambulance.