GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has issued a reminder for drivers across the region to be on the lookout for deer crossing the roads, especially near dawn or dusk when visibility is the lowest.

KYTC says it is entering the peak of deer mating season which generates an uptick in car-deer collisions on state highways. They say about half of all deer-car collisions are reported in the last three months of the year.

KYTC District 1 Spokesman Keith Todd says a check of deer collisions reported from 2010 provides some perspective on what drivers are facing.  A review of police crash reports indicates Hopkins County and Henderson County top the list of Western Kentucky counties with the most deer-vehicle collisions.

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - According to Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon, a single car crash on Monday sent a Missouri girl to the hospital.

The sheriff says at about 10 a.m. Mallory Fritz, 19, of Kennett, Mo. was driving her 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser eastbound on KY 94 East between the intersections of KY 303 and High Road. He says Fritz was driving from Kennett to Murray State University and apparently fell asleep at the wheel and drove off the right side of the road.

According to Redmon, the car hit a mailbox, jumped a creek and then hit a tree and earthen embankment. He says the car caught fire after hitting the tree and embankment.

The sheriff says Fritz was helped out of the car by local resident Terry McDermitt.

The Cuba and Sedalia Volunteer Fire Departments were both called to extinguish the fire.

(KFVS) - Governor Steve Beshear and Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez unveiled one of the new I-69 signs going up on 38 miles of Western Kentucky Parkway and 17 miles of existing Interstate 24 on Tuesday.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says Kentucky now has 55 miles of Interstate 69.

Beshear noted that efforts will continue to gain interstate status for the remaining 100 miles of I-69 Corridor through 10 Western Kentucky counties between Henderson and Fulton.

According to KYTC, new signs will have the I-69 shield with a "formerly WK Pkwy" sign underneath to help avoid confusing cross-country travelers.

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