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Motorcycle hits car killing Stearns couple
By JANIE SLAVEN
and KEN SHMIDHEISER


   EAGLE � Alan and Adriane Keith, young parents of a toddler and a week-old baby, were enjoying an exhilarating spring motorcycle ride when cruel fate befell them Sunday.
   Today their children are orphans.
   Apparently swinging too wide as he entered one of the many curves along the serpentine Cumberland Falls Highway, Alan lost control of his 2003 Yamaha and careened head-on into a 1997 Volvo operated by Joan Hundley, 42, of Shelbyville, KY, who was visiting McCreary County along with three kids on a Girl Scout outing. Both Keiths were instantly thrown from the Yamaha.
   The wreck occurred on KY 90 about 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning some eight miles east of Parkers Lake, according to the Kentucky State Police.
   Investigators said Adriane Keith, 18, was already in cardiac arrest when McCreary County EMS transported her to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. She was then transferred to the University of Kentucky Medical Center where she was pronounced dead by the Fayette County Coroner.
   Alan Keith, 24, who reportedly suffered multiple fractures, was airlifted by Air Evac to the University of Tennessee, where he succumbed to his injuries yesterday afternoon.
   In a tragic twist, both Keiths were protected with helmets, but suffered injuries to other parts of their bodies resulting in their deaths.

For complete details see the Tuesday, April 19, 2005, Edition of The McCreary County Record.






Reader Comments

Jonathan Hearld (4/27/2005)
This whole thing is very sad.It's very bad that both the husband and wife,father and mother has gone on from this world,and here are two small children who didn't even get to know their parents. I just hope who takes care of them will give these children that special kind of love,and I believe that they will. I hope that people will give generously if they are able too.I will certainly give some,I don't have alot,but if just everyone gave what they could,it would all add up.

Tara Mcgrew (4/26/2005)
My heart goes out to my aunt Linda and my uncle Clifford. My heart also goes out to my cousins Noel and Dennis. This was an unexpected loss for our family. Alan will be missed by everyone and he will never be forgotton. I just want you all to know I love you dearly and I will pray for you and those babies every day.

Gloria (4/25/2005)
I used to babysit Adrienne when she was a little girl and was devestated at the news of this loss. My heart goes out to her children and her parents. I wish them all to find some comfort from God. You all will be remembered in our prayers.

Jason Bruner (4/25/2005)
I just wanted to say to my uncle and aunt im sorry for your lost alan will be missed its really hard on me. i know its harder on you. my prayers are with you and take care of them babys. alan will never be forgotten.

Kenneth and Frances Parsons (4/24/2005)
We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss of our family member. We pray that God's mercy and love will be with the family and their children to sustain them.

Linda L (4/22/2005)
To both the Baird & Keith family God bless you, this really broke my heart. i didn't know Allen but i had known Adriane sense the day she and my son started their first day of school, I just couldn't even begain to know how much pain they feel for the loss of their loved one's. I know the children will be well taken care of and given all the love in the world. God Bless You All, you are in my thought's and prayer's.

Pam (4/21/2005)
I remember Alan from school. He was always such a nice person. I want the family to that they are in my prayers. I know its hard but keep pressing on for the two babys. God will watch over you. May God Bless Each and Everyone Of You ...

Mandy Saam (4/21/2005)
Alan Keith was a friend of mine for many years. To lose him in a cruel twist of fate is a heartbreak I had never known until now. I wish his children all the love their hearts can hold. Their daddy will never be forgotten.


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