LETCHER COUNTY, KY. — A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH THURSDAY AFTERNOON RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A LETCHER COUNTY WOMAN. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE POST 13 RECEIVED A CALL CONCERNING THE COLLISION SHORTLY BEFORE 1:00 PM. TROOPER BRUCE KELLEY ALONG WITH LETCHER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES AND LETCHER FIRE AND RESCUE WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE ON HIGHWAY 588 IN THE ICE COMMUNITY. INITIAL INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT 64-YEAR-OLD BRENDA SKEENS OF WHITESBURG WAS OPERATING A 2013 TOYOTA COROLLA IN THE WESTBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 588 WHEN SHE APPARENTLY ATTEMPTED TO TURN LEFT ONTO ICE ROAD. WHILE TURNING, SKEEN’S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A 2003 JEEP CHEROKEE WHICH WAS TRAVELING IN THE EASTBOUT LANE. SKEENS WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE BY THE LETCHER COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE. THE DRIVER OF THE JEEP, 37-YEAR-OLD JOHN STURGILL OF WHITESBURG WAS TRANSPORTED TO WHITESBURG APPALACHIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER. TOXICOLOGY RESULTS ARE PENDING. SKEENS WAS WEARING A SEATBELT WHILE STURGILL WAS NOT.