UPDATE: July 4 at 8 p.m.
The Laurel County Coroner identified the woman who died in an "apparent drowning" after an off-road vehicle she was in overturned near Callahan Falls on Friday.
The coroner identified the woman as 63-year-old Penny Marie Nelk of Danville, Illinois.
UPDATE: July 4 at 5 p.m.
The Laurel County Sheriff's Office released additional information regarding an "apparent drowning" near Callahan Falls in which a woman was confirmed dead after the off-road vehicle she was in flipped over on Friday.
Officials reported that an investigation by detectives found that a side-by-side operated by a man apparently overturned in water and the woman was not able to exit the vehicle. She was pronounced dead on the scene by the Laurel County Coroner.
Original Story:
The Laurel County Coroner confirmed to LEX 18 that a woman drowned after the ATV she was in with her husband flipped over in the water at Wildcat Offroad Park on Friday.
The coroner detailed that the woman and her husband were attempting to cross the water on the south side of the park when the ATV flipped over.
The husband, according to the coroner, attempted to release the woman from her seat belt, however, he could not unstrap the belt, and she drowned.
