One killed in Madisonville roll-over crash

A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Central City Road in Hopkins County Friday afternoon.

According to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department, the crash happened in the 2200 block of Central City Road in Madisonville on Friday, where a vehicle had overturned into a ditch, trapping the male victim inside.

The victim, 80-year-old Halbert E. Jones, had to extricated from the vehicle using mechanical tools, where he was then flown to Deaconess Midtown in Evansville, Indiana. He would succumb to his injuries while there and be pronounced deceased by the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office.

The incident remains under investigation.