ALERT: Crash Blocking Purchase Pkwy Southbound at 17mm in Graves County

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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet • District 1

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ALERT: Crash Blocking Purchase Pkwy Southbound at 17mm in Graves County

Estimated duration is 3 hours

PADUCAH, Ky. (March 17, 2022)  Graves County Emergency Management reports a 2-vehicle crash is blocking the Purchase Parkway southbound lanes at the 17 mile marker in Graves County.

This is along the Purchase Parkway between Mayfield and Wingo.

Early reports indicate a vehicle may have entered the parkway headed northbound in the southbound lanes creating a head-on collision.

Kentucky State Police are likely to conduct a crash reconstruction investigation.

Estimated duration is 3 hours.

Southbound traffic is being detoured off at the I-69 Mayfield Exit 21 Interchange to KY 80, then south on U.S. 45 to return to the Purchase Parkway southbound lanes at the Wingo Interchange.

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