Investigators are still looking into a wreck which involved a 97-year-old man and a dump truck driver. Few details are available at this point. According to police, a motorist tried to turn from State Highway 680 onto State Highway 122. After the ensuing collision,...
DUI Wreck on Interstate 64 Kills Indiana Woman
Authorities say a drunk driver was operating on the wrong side of the road when she collided with a Saturn. Shortly after midnight, a wrong-way driver on Interstate 64, near the Third Street interchange in Louisville, smacked into a Saturn. The front seat passenger, a...
Nine Vehicle Collision Kills 4-Year-Old Franklin Girl
A semi-truck driver who failed to slow down along with the surrounding traffic plowed into eight vehicles before he was able to stop his rig. Police say that a semi-truck driver did not slow down as everyone else reduced speed in a construction zone on Interstate 24...
Kentucky Ranks Fifth in Distracted Driving Survey
Only one other state in the South has more distracted drivers than the Bluegrass State, according to a recent study. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Institute indicates that Kentucky drivers are number five in the country when it comes to not watching...
Air National Guard Member Receives Medal for Response to 2018 Car Wreck
In a scene right out of a Hollywood movie, Master Sergeant Daniel Keller rescued several victims of a catastrophic car crash in Louisville. To recognize his efforts, his superiors gave him the Air Force’s highest non-combat merit award. In November 2018, two cars...
Serious Injury Officer-Involved Wreck in Benton
A Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy, who was responding to a non-emergency call, was seriously injured in an intersection collision. The wreck happened at the intersection of U.S. Highway 641 and State Highway 58 (Mayfield Avenue). According to investigators, as the...
Wrong-Way Motorist Kills Six People Near Downtown Lexington
A driver who was on the wrong side of Interstate 75 plowed into a carful of people, killing everyone inside it. Police received several calls about a wrong-way driver on Interstate 75. That driver turned out to be a 38-year-old Madison County woman. Before responders...
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian
For unknown reasons, a driver ran off the road and smacked into a 58-year-old man. The vehicle then barreled into a nearby home. According to police, a driver was southbound on Russell Cave Road when he ran off the street and hit a 58-year-old man, killing him almost...
Five Common Types of Brain Injuries
These wounds fall into one of two general categories. Traumatic Brain Injuries are usually caused by, wait for it, trauma. That trauma could be a blow to the head. Just as commonly, however, the trauma could be witnessing a traumatic event or something like a car...
If A Rented Vehicle Hit Me, Who Pays Compensation?
Negligent motorists are legally and morally responsible for the wrecks they cause. But a third party is often financially responsible. For example, if owners allow incompetent dribvers to use their vehicles and these drivers cause wrecks, the negligent entrustment...
