A collision on Highway 453 in Lyon County has claimed the lives of a Murray State University student and a recent local high school graduate. The Kentucky State police report a single vehicle collision on The Trace occurred last night.
A preliminary investigation reports that 18 year-old MSU student Kaitlyn Bowers was driving a 2013 Ford Mustang southbound on Highway 453 and, upon entering a left curve, the vehicle exited the roadway and struck a tree. Bowers and 18 year-old Joseph Phillips, also an MSU student, were transported to Murray-Calloway County Hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
19 year-old Aaron Adams of Cadiz and 18 year-old Robert Clayton Jr. of Murray did not survive. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by the Lyon County Coroner. Adams was a freshman studying animal sciences at Murray State’s Veterinary Technology Program.