Kentucky State Police Investigate Perry County Fatal Crash

CHAVIES, Ky. (November 8, 2026) – On Saturday, November 7, 2026, at approximately 12:03 a.m., Kentucky State Police (KSP), Post 13 in Hazard, received a call from Perry County 911 requesting assistance with a single-vehicle collision involving injuries on KY-15 in the Chavies community of Perry County.

Troopers and emergency medical personnel responded to the scene. Preliminary investigation indicates that Amanda Carter, 35, of Burdine, was traveling northbound on KY-15 in a 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander when she failed to negotiate a curve and crossed into the southbound lane. The vehicle struck a guardrail, overturned, and came to rest against an earth embankment.

Carter was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the collision and was ejected from the vehicle, sustaining fatal injuries. She was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Perry County Coroner’s Office. A passenger in the vehicle was transported to Hazard ARH for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

An autopsy has been scheduled, and toxicology results are pending. The collision remains under investigation and is being reconstructed by Trooper Dennis Howard.

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