8-18-10 —     A Wayne County woman died on Sunday morning, following a single vehicle crash that occurred on West KY 92. Taylor Kinnett, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:04 a.m. by the Wayne County Coroner Forrest Hicks and Deputy Coroner Anthony Vaughn.

    Hicks said that Kinnett suffered blunt force injuries to the head.

    According to Kentucky State Police, Kinnett was traveling east on KY 92 in a 2007 Ford Escape, when the vehicle left the roadway, struck a culvert, an embankment and then overturned several times. The accident occurred at approximately 8:40 a.m.

    A passenger in the vehicle, Michelle L. Kirtley, 19, of Monticello, was transported to the Wayne County Hospital where she was treated and released.

    Both occupants were wearing seat belts at the time, according to Trooper Craig Reed. He said that no alcohol or drug use is suspected.

    Also assisting at the scene were Wayne County EMS, the Wayne County Sheriff's Department, the Monticello Police Department, the Monticello Fire Department and the Wayne County Rescue Squad.

    Kinnett is survived by her parents Connie Jo Watson Kinnett and Darrell Kinnett and two sisters, Madison Kinnett and Megan Massengale. Services were held Wednesday, August 11 at the Immanuel Baptist Church with burial in the Elk Spring Cemetery.