BARDSTOWN, KY – Kentucky State Police Post 4 troopers responded to a two-vehicle collision in Nelson County Sunday morning. On Sunday, December 26, 2021 at approximately 11:13 A.M. EST, KSP Post 4 received a call from Nelson County dispatch requesting assistance in investigating a two-vehicle fatal collision near the intersection of New Shepherdsville Road and Deatsville Road in Nelson County.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Joseph Curtsinger, age 39 of Bardstown, was traveling north on New Shepherdsville Road in a 1995 Chevrolet Silverado when a 2011 Ford Fusion being operated by Jacqueline Houston, age 70 of Coxs Creek, turned onto New Shepherdsville Road and into the path of Curtsinger’s vehicle.
Houston and a 15 year old passenger were pronounced deceased at the scene by the Nelson County Coroner’s Office.
Curtsinger and a 44 year old passenger, John Poynter of Bardstown, were transported to Flaget Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries as a result of the collision. One adult and one juvenile passenger of Curtsinger’s vehicle were uninjured.
The affected portion of New Shepherdsville Road was closed for several hours in order to allow troopers to reconstruct the collision.
KSP Post 4 was assisted at the scene by the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, Nelson County EMS, Bardstown-Nelson County Volunteer Fire Department, and the Nelson County Coroner’s Office.
The collision remains under investigation by reconstructionist Trooper Scott Wheatley.
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