Two People Injured in Accident on US 23

Two people are in the hospital following a head-on crash Thursday on US 23 near Rush
Fork.

W.R. Castle Fire-Rescue says multiple agencies responded to help after the vehicles collided around Noon.

One person had to be cut from their car and flown to a hospital while the other went by ambulance.

Responders came from Rockhouse Fire & Rescue, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Paintsville Police, Air Evac Lifeteam 116- from Prestonsburg and the Paintsville/Johnson County Emergency Management.

No names have been released, and police have not yet said what caused the crash.