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Blackwater Road accident victim is Laurel County’s 13th fatality of the year

Posted on Thursday, December 15th, 2016 at 4:42 pm    

A single vehicular crash that transpired on Blackwater Road (Kentucky Route 1803) in Laurel County, Kentucky on Thursday, December 15 at around 7 a.m. resulted in the death of 66-year-old Marydell Road in London resident Donnie Ray Smith, who was considered the county’s 13th fatality of the year.

Investigators have suggested that the man had been traveling east on Blackwater and left the road briefly while on a curve, overcorrecting and going into the opposite ditch, rolling several times. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

A Barbourville woman who was killed on November 30 along Kentucky Route 229 during a single vehicular accident had been the last fatality for the year until Smith’s death. Other fatalities included a pedestrian getting struck by an oncoming vehicle, three that involved an all-terrain vehicle, and one that involved a motorcycle. The fatality count was nearly double that of the previous year.

Our most sincere condolences from Sampson Law Firm go out to the victim and his loved ones.


Bowman two-vehicle collision kills two

Posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 at 5:13 pm    

Two people lost their lives during a deadly two-vehicle collision that happened on Monday, November 28 before 2 p.m. at Taylorsville Road and Betty Lane near Louisville, Kentucky.

According to preliminary investigations, as reported by Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell, a sedan driver attempted to make a left turn from Dutchmans Lane towards eastbound Taylorsville Road and crashed into a pickup truck that was headed west on Taylorsville Road.

The driver and the passenger of the sedan were declared dead at the scene of the accident. The driver of the pickup truck, on the other hand, was brought to the University of Louisville Hospital to receive immediate medical attention for his minor injuries.

Our most sincere condolences from the Sampson Law Firm go out to the victims and their loved ones, as well as hope for the speedy recovery of the surviving driver.


Two dead in Bowman Field collision

Posted on Friday, December 2nd, 2016 at 7:20 pm    

Two people lost their lives after a two-vehicle collision occurred near Bowman Field on Taylorsville Road. The accident, which occurred near Betty Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, happened last Monday, November 28.

According to preliminary investigations made by local police, a white pickup truck was traveling west on Taylorsville Road when it collided with a green car that was trying to turn onto Taylorsville Road. The passenger and the driver in the car died at the scene of the accident, police said. On the other hand, the driver of the pickup truck was brought to a nearby hospital for the immediate treatment of his non-life-threatening injuries. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.

At the Sampson Law Firm, we see the aftermath of tragic car accidents far too often. Our sincerest thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of the victims as they mourn the sudden loss of their loved ones.