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A Williamstown, Ky., man was sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after his Pepsi van rolled over on Interstate 71.
On Thursday, at about 11:05 a.m. a single vehicle, rollover accident on northbound I-71 near the Verona, Ky., exit sent Frederick Rudy to the hospital via Air Care.
According to police, Rudy, 51, was driving a Pepsi Cola owned van north on I-71 when he left the highway, went over an embankment, and rolled it. Rudy, the only occupant who was wearing a seatbelt, was transported to University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio via Air Care.
The northbound lanes were shut down for approximately 30 minutes while being used as a landing zone for Air Care.
The accident is being investigated by the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Accident Reconstruction Team.
