Cuba, Ky.—A driver who struck two vehicles in a highway work zone in Graves Co. is being sought by the Graves County Sheriff’s Office.
Anthony Travis, age 28, of Dukedom fled on foot after gathering items from his car. Two of his passengers, Samantha Peterman, age 32, of Simpson, Ill, and Brandy Arnett, age 44, of Mayfield, were transported to the Jackson Purchase Medical Center emergency room and treated for minor injuries. Both were arrested on drug charges: possession of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The incident occurred around 8 a.m. Monday near the intersection of KY 303 and KY 94 south of Cuba.
A paving crew was working at the intersection and according to witnesses, the flagman had traffic stopped in both directions of KY94 and was allowing a van driven by Jeffery Wheeler, age 61, of Pilot Oak, to pull out onto the highway.
According to the press release from the sheriff’s office, at that time Travis approached from the west at an extremely high rate of speed. He ignored the flagman’s signal and struck Wheeler’s vehicle knocking it off of the roadway. He then struck a vehicle waiting in traffic driven by Daniel Boyd, age 29 of Sedalia. Boyd had his two-year-old daughter with him.
According to witnesses Travis gathered items from the car and fled south on KY 303 on foot and ran into a nearby woods.
Travis is wanted by Probation and Parole and has outstanding warrants. Numerous charges have been filed on Travis by Deputy Steve Halsell in connection with the accident Monday morning and the illegal drugs found in the vehicle.
Anyone with information of his location is encouraged to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 270-247-4501.
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