A Murray State University freshman student died in a car accident over the weekend in Grayson County.
Murray State Radio WKMS reports Interim President Bob Jackson said in a campus email Monday that 18-year old Joseph Pennington was killed Friday afternoon in Grayson County on the Western Kentucky Parkway while heading home for the holiday weekend.
Pennington was a biology pre-med major and wanted to become a surgeon, according to the university.
Grayson County Sheriffs Office reports, a car driven by Pennington, was heading east on the Western Kentucky Parkway when it crossed the median and struck a pickup truck around the 106.5-mile marker.
Pennington and the other driver were taken to University Hospital in Louisville. Pennington succumbed to his injuries Saturday.
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