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Motorcyclist Carl Niccum Jr. Killed in Accident in Harlan County Kentucky
Motorcyclist Carl Niccum, Jr. Killed in Accident in Harlan County, Kentucky-Kentucky motorcycle accident attorneyDATE: September 1, 2009
LOCATION: Harlan County, Kentucky
TYPE: Carl Niccum, Jr. was killed in an accident involving a collision with a CASE backhoe.
Late Tuesday morning Carl Niccum, Jr., age 23, was on his motorcycle traveling north on KY 225. At the intersection of KY 225 and Bartin Lane a CASE backhoe being driven by Earnest Sowders was also in the northbound lane preparing to turn left onto Bartin Lane. According to reports Niccum attempted to pass the backhoe as Sowders was making the left-hand turn.
Niccum struck the backhoe and was thrown from his motorcycle and suffered multiple injuries. He was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center where he died hours later.
Our sympathies go out to the Niccum family during this time.
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