WESTWOOD A 74-year-old man was taken Monday afternoon to Kingâs Daughters Medical Center after a truck backed over him, according to the Boyd County Sheriffâs Department.
Sgt. John Daniels, the chief deputy at the department, said Allen Perkins, of Westwood, sustained multiple non-life threatening injuries after a truck backed over him in the parking lot of the Fairview Baptist Church.
The driver, 77-year-old Danny R. Tackett, of Ironton, had been doing work at the church when he went to back out, according to Daniels. The chief deputy said Tackett believed Perkins was walking into the church and didnât see him when he backed out.
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WESTWOOD The Westwood Volunteer Fire Department’s part-time chief has been promoted to full-time chief, a reflection of the increasing demands on the department and his own time.