Updated
Updated · WKYT · Jun 29
Madison County Coroner Identifies 2 Flood Victims, Including Men Aged 57 and 73
Updated
Updated · WKYT · Jun 29

Madison County Coroner Identifies 2 Flood Victims, Including Men Aged 57 and 73

2 articles · Updated · WKYT · Jun 29

Summary

  • John Powell, 57, and Garnett Isbell, 73, were identified by the Madison County coroner as two people killed in flooding in Madison County, Kentucky.
  • Powell died in a basement apartment on University Drive, while Isbell died after his car was swept away on Tates Creek Road, Coroner Jimmy Cornelison said.
  • The coroner's office is still trying to contact next of kin for a woman who also died in the University Drive apartment building.
  • The identifications add detail to a flood disaster that earlier reports said had killed three people in Madison County.

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