Every year, car crashes seriously injure millions of Americans. So, the chances are that you or a loved one will be a victim. Most of these injuries are permanently disabling, at least to an extent. Such serious injuries often mean tens of thousands of dollars in...
Fatal U-Haul Wreck in Laurel County
A 22-year-old woman was killed in a multi-vehicle accident which involved a passenger car, a pickup truck, and a U-Haul box truck. The wreck happened on Interstate 75 near London. According to police and witnesses, road construction in the area slowed traffic. A...
Ping-Pong Collision Kills Three, Injures Two
Officials are investigating a fatal wreck which involved two passenger cars and a dump truck. According to a preliminary review, a northbound SUV and southbound dump truck sideswiped each other. It’s unclear which driver crossed the centerline. The SUV careened into...
Indiana Teen Dies in Kentucky Car Crash
Investigators believe that heavy rain may have contributed to a vehicle collision which killed one person and injured two others. The wreck happened in Webster County. According to police and witnesses, a 19-year-old driver from Evansville, Indiana lost control of his...
Head-On Wreck Kills 72-Year-Old Man
The driver crossed the centerline and smacked into a semi-truck, according to police and witnesses. This wreck happened in Morgan County on State Highway 9009. For unknown reasons, the 72-year-old man, who was operating a Kia, drifted across the centerline directly...
Spotlight on Distracted Driving
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has designated April 2021 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month. NHTSA is especially concerned about device distraction. These cases have increased significantly since the beginning of the smartphone era in 2007. To...
Four-Car Crash Kills Three, Seriously Injures Two
Investigators believe that alcohol impairment was the primary factor in a multi-vehicle, multi-fatality wreck in McLean County. The wreck happened on a two-lane stretch of State Highway 81 which is at least fifty years old. According to police and witnesses, a...
Traffic Deaths Increased During 2020
Much of the country was on lockdown for much of 2020, so one would think that the number of vehicle collisions would have declined significantly. Instead, the figure hit a 13-year high. What’s up with that? Because of decreased traffic, oil prices plummeted and auto...
Guilty Pleas in Charges Stemming from Fatal Crash
A 31-year-old woman from southern Indiana pleaded guilty to several charges related to an alcohol-involved crash that killed three people. The underlying wreck happened on Interstate 265 in Floyd County. According to investigators, Taylor was drunk at more than three...
Controversial I-64 Wreck Kills Woman
The weather, a negligent semi-truck driver, her own failure to wear a seat belt, or a combination of some or all of these things killed a person on a Kentucky freeway. The wreck happened near I-64’s Olive Hill exit. According to the Kentucky State Police, a...
