Posts tagged accidents

• Kentucky Highway Closed Following Fatal Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | October 29, 2007 5:45 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An early morning car accident closed down an Eastern Kentucky highway for over two hours.At about 7 a.m. this morning, two vehicles crashed on US 23 next to the Highway 80 Intersection, according to officials with the Prestonsburg Police Department.A 19-year-old man of Flat Gap was traveling north on US 23 when he crossed the center line and struck another vehicle driven by a 19-year-old man, of...

• Understanding Injuries in Low Impact Car Accidents

  Robin Bara | April 16, 2009 5:54 PM | 4 CommentsLouisville, KY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It is a common misconception in a low impact auto accident that if the vehicles involved sustained minimal damages, the people in that accident received minimal to no injuries. While it’s...

• Fatal Car Wreck

  Jennifer Moore | February 24, 2008 11:47 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A woman died from multiple injuries sustained in an automobile accident on the Watterson Expressway in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday. Two semi tractor-trailers were also involved in the fatal crash. According to witnesses, she may have lost control of her vehicle and then was clipped by a tractor-trailer and subsequently hit by another when her vehicle ended up in its path.Witnesses told...

• Paducah Kentucky Semi-Truck Wreck Closes Interstate 24

  Daryl Dixon | March 02, 2008 11:53 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A Kentucky Semi-Truck Wreck closed two lanes of Interstate 24 on Sunday. All of those involved escaped serious injury. One of the Truck Drivers was taken to a local hospital to be treated for minor injuries. There was an injury accident that resulted in death back in November on this same Interstate 24 Bridge. Traffic was moving again within two hours on the east bound lanes. During the...

• Semi Tractor Trailer Truck Drivers Urged to Stay Away From Chantix

  Daryl T. Dixon | May 23, 2008 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Operators of Semi Tractor Trailer Trucks as well as those that fly Planes and Air Traffic Controllers have been banned from using the prescription drug Chantix. The Federal Aviation Administration...

• Shelby Gray of Louisville Killed in Kentucky Truck Accident with Metropolitan District Sewer Truck

  Daryl Dixon | January 31, 2008 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Shelby Gray, 9, of Louisville, was killed yesterday in her School Bus Stop after being hit by a Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District Truck. Read Story Here. Multiple Blunt Force Trauma was listed as the cause of death of the Maupin Elementary Fourth Grader. Gray had been waiting in her Grandmother's car to avoid the cold and rain. She was hit when she crossed the street going to the school...

• Fulton County Kentucky Car Wreck on Highway 51 Injures Three

  Daryl Dixon | January 23, 2008 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Western Kentucky Car Wreck overnight injured three on Highway 51 in Fulton County Kentucky. Read News Story Here. http://www.injuryboard.com/help-center/auto-accidents/The Driver of the first car fell asleep and swerved across the highway impacting the other car. Driver inattention and falling asleep are two of the leading causes of Car Wrecks in Kentucky. Details on the condition of all...

• Four Car Crashes Kill Four Near Williamsburg, Ky

  Lee Coleman | July 11, 2007 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A multi-vehicle crash on I-75 has left four people dead and several injured. A truck pulling a trailer crossed the median and hit three other vehicles killing 4 and injuring 9 others. One woman who was killed was 8 months pregnant. Nine others had to be transported to area hospitals. State Police say that it appears alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the fatal accident.For more...

• Four Car Crash Kills Four Near Williamsburg, Ky

  Lee Coleman | July 11, 2007 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A multi-vehicle crash on I-75 has left four people dead and several injured. A truck pulling a trailer crossed the median and hit three other vehicles killing 4 and injuring 9 others. One woman who was killed was 8 months pregnant. Nine others had to be transported to area hospitals. State Police say that it appears alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the fatal accident.

• Trial Lawyers And Insurance Industry Watch Pre-Impact Fear Case

  Lee Coleman | March 19, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Kentucky Supreme Court is looking to see if it will uphold the verdict in a case where there was 'pre-impact fear'. In 2002 a tractor-trailer lost a 30,000 pound steel coil that crushed Melissa Congleton's truck. A rescue worker stated that her 'face was fixed in a scream'. A jury awarded $100,000 for the fear she experienced just before her death."Critics of damages for pre-impact fright...