MARTHA ANN SELLERS 
Union County Girl Killed in Crash 

Morganfield, Ky.-(Special)- Martha Ann SELLERS, 18, of the 
Pride Community in Union County, was killed instantly about 
4:20 p.m. yesterday in the head-on collision of a car and truck 
on Ky. 56 five miles east of here. Miss Sellers, a 1957 graduate 
of Sturgis High School, became Union County's fourth traffic 
fatality of the year when the car she was driving struck the bed of 
a truck driven by Burne L. Wells, 40, of Hopkinsville.  Wells and 
Douglas Perkins, 45, also of Hopkinsville, a passenger in the truck 
owned by the Cayce Mills Supply Company were unhurt. State 
Trooper C. D. Henry said Miss SELLERS apparently lost control 
of her westbound car, which crashed into the left front corner of the 
van type truck. The impact ripped the top from Miss SELLERS, 1956 
sedan. Trooper Henry said the girl, who was alone, was decapitated. 
The car, according to the trooper's report traveled about 110 feet 
beyond the point of impact. The truck, he said caromed about 100
feet down the highway before overturning.  Wells told the trooper the 
accident occurred on a dry strip of pavement. 

The police report states there were no skid marks. Trooper Henry 
estimated the damage to the truck at $1,000. The car was demolished. 
Miss SELLERS' body was taken to Whitsell Funeral Home, Morganfield, 
later transferred to Tompkins Funeral Home, Sebree. Union County 
Coroner R. S. Clark scheduled an inquest for 10 a. m. today at 
Morganfield Surviving Miss SELLERS are her parents, Mr. and Roy 
SELLERS, of R. R. 1. Clay and grand- parents Mr. and Mrs. Leo
MAJORS of Sebree, aunts., uncles, cousins  (1939-1957 buried in 
Springdale Cemetery) 

Submitted By: Jane McBroom 
                                       


                                       
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