Why are flags at half-staff in Kentucky?

FRANKFORT, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Saturday in honor of a Somerset-Pulaski County EMT, Chastian Tyler McWhorter , who died in the line of duty on Monday.

McWhorter, 26, died after the Somerset-Pulaski County ambulance he was driving crashed into a semi-truck.

McWhorter, from Albany, had been employed with Somerset-Pulaski EMS since December 2022 and left behind his wife, whom he married in July, children, including a newborn expected in July, family members, and fellow first responders.

Other individuals, businesses, organizations, and government agencies to join in the lowering of the flags. Additional flag status information is available on the Kentucky ​flag protocol webpage.

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McWhorter’s funeral and visitation services are scheduled for Saturday at Clinton County High School.

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