PADUCAH, Ky : 1 dead, 3 injured after crash in Paducah on Sunday, 9th April 2023 04/09/2023

One man is dead and three others are injured after an early morning crash on Sunday in Paducah.

It happened at 2:31 a.m. on Sunday, April 9 at 14th Street and Park Avenue, according to the Paducah Police Department.

Paducah police offficer Austin Gruner drove up on a wreck that had just happened at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

The driver of one of the vehicles had been ejected and was lying on the ground.

The driver of the second vehicle, 35-year-old Tiffany Thomas, told officers she was driving west on Park Avenue when a Nissan Armada ran a stop sign and ran into her path.

Her Ford Edge hit the Nissan Armada broadside, flipping it onto its side and ejecting the driver.

The Armada then hit a curb and came to rest on its wheels.

The driver of the Armada, 42-year-old David W. Cartwright, was thrown from his Nissan Armada. He was taken to Baptist Health Paducah, where he was pronounced dead.

Police believe alcohol was a factor in the cause of the crash.

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