Tri Nguyen Obituary, Death – One individual has passed away and two others were injured following a crash on Interstate 24 late Tuesday evening. At approximately 9:45 p.m. on March 5, the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office was called to the 9 mile marker of Interstate 24 in response to a head-on collision.
The investigation determined that a 2008 Cadillac CTS, driven by 20-year-old Tri Nguyen from Paducah, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the interstate without its headlights on. The Cadillac collided with a 2004 Freightliner, driven by 64-year-old Carol Gordon from McDonough, Georgia, with 37-year-old Augustine Idemudia from Cypress, Texas as a passenger.
Nguyen was pronounced dead at the scene, while the passengers of the Freightliner were transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.