A man is dead after he inexplicably crossed the center line and collided head-on with an oncoming school bus. The wreck happened on State Highway 1389. Trooper Corey King noted that the area is known for its many “hills and valleys, and curves and twists and turns.”...
Top Five Truck Accident Causes
Since Lexington is a regional distribution hub, fully-loaded large trucks are a staple on area streets and highways. These massive vehicles, which weigh up to 80,000 pounds, are very difficult to control, even if the operator is very experienced. Unfortunately, due to...
Trial Underway in 2018 Fatal Pedestrian Accident Near UK’s Kroger Field
Jurors are hearing testimony in a case that involved an allegedly intoxicated UK student who struck and killed a 4-year-old child. Initially, jurors heard from the deceased boy’s father. He gave some general details about the day, but he could remember little about...
Criminal and Civil Consequences of Drunk Driving in Kentucky
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, peace officers arrest over 1.5 million motorists for DUI every year. That’s roughly 1 out of every 121 licensed drivers in the country. An untold number of other drivers are impaired, but not legally...
What You Should Know About Nursing Home Falls
In a nutshell, serious falls usually put people in nursing homes, and serious falls usually keep them there much longer than they anticipated their stays would last. Falls cause about 40 percent of nursing home admissions, and 60 percent of all residents fall at least...
Deadly Multi-Vehicle Collision in Pike County
Few details were available about a high-speed wreck which killed one person and seriously injured another individual. The wreck happened near the Pike County Airport on State Highway 3218. A southbound motorist lost control of his pickup truck and smacked into a...
Pile-Up Crash in Henderson Kills One Person
Investigators believe that alcohol was a factor in this wreck, which also seriously injured two people. A westbound Buick driver on the Audubon Parkway sideswiped a Sentra and then careened into three other vehicles. One of these collisions was almost head-on. At that...
Bayer Loses in Court Again
The third time wasn’t a charm for the pharmaceutical company, as a California court of appeals upheld an $86 million judgement in a Roundup-cancer case. The company’s lawyers filed this appeal in February 2020. They claimed that the verdict was against the...
Deadly Multi-Vehicle Wreck in Louisville
One person is dead, and another one may face permanent injuries, after a high-speed, two-car wreck on Interstate 71. According to witnesses, a 2017 Corvette sideswiped a guardrail and spun into the path of a 2012 Mini Cooper near Mile Marker 41, which is in Carroll...
Fireball Hit-and-Run Wreck on Interstate 75
Police have few leads about a vehicle which caused a ping-pong crash on Interstate 75 which injured three people. The wreck happened near the Scott County/Fayette County line. Investigators believe that a white car sideswiped a concrete median and spun into traffic. A...
