Friday, November 11, 2011

Powell County Explosion Victim Dies

{Stanton, Kentucky}...Karen Knox died Friday afternoon after being injured when a home on Upper Paint Creek Road in the Stanton community of Powell County exploded in September. The blast instantly killed her father, 84 year old Stanley "Jack" Roberts. A week later, her brother, Jerry Roberts, 60, of Clay City, died from his injuries. Family members say Jerry Roberts and Knox were trying to fix their father's propane gas line when the house exploded.