Driver dies in early Saturday morning crash - 14 News, WFIE, Evansville, Henderson, Owensboro

Driver dies in early Saturday morning crash

Posted: Updated:
GIBSON CO., IN (WFIE) -

A Gibson County driver was killed in an early morning crash on Saturday.

Gibson County Coroner releases the identity of the driver as 62-year-old Joseph R. Kunkel.

The Gibson County Sheriff's Office says around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Kunkel was driving around a curve westbound on SR 56 just west of Jack Horral Road. Authorities say the vehicle left the north side of the road and hit a tree head on.

Deputies say Kunkel was wearing a seatbelt and the airbags did deploy. They say that Kunkel had to be extricated from the car.

Gibson County Sheriff's say this is the seventh car accident involving eight fatality's in the last eight weeks in Gibson County.

Copyright 2012 WFIE. All rights reserved.