A five-vehicle car crash on U.S. Route 23 near the Island Creek intersection at around 8 a.m. last Monday, September 8 resulted in the death of 58-year-old Walter Gearhart. On September 17, another person in the crash, Kimberly Thompson, also died from injuries resulting from the crash. Officials said that two other people aside from […]
According to the Bullitt County Coroner’s Office, 29-year-old Bardstown, Kentucky resident Samantha Greenwell was killed at around 5:30 p.m. after the vehicle she was driving pulled into the path of a garbage truck, resulting in a collision, WDRB News reported. The accident occurred August 21 on Highway 245 in Bullitt County. The intersection of Highway 245 and […]
Ford has issued a recall for 1,274 of its 2015 Lincoln MKC sport utility vehicles due to possible development of bubbles in the vehicles’ windshields, Edmunds reported on August 8. According to the press statement released by Ford, complications in the windshield manufacturing process could be the reason for small pockets of air forming between layers of […]
While putting out a van fire in the southbound lanes of I-65, a semi-truck collided with mother and son volunteer firefighters Lisa, 43, and Jonathan French, 25, resulting in the death of Jonathan, WLKY reported on August 6. Lisa, was flown to the University of Louisville Hospital and was reportedly in stable condition with a broken […]
Police authorities have recently concluded that a recent car accident along 3rd Street Road in Louisville, Kentucky was not caused by speed; however, residents are anxious that the road is not safe for commuters or even pedestrians, WHSA11 reported on July 14. The speed limit on 3rd Street is 35 miles per hour, but those who live on […]
Ford Motor Co. has recently issued a recall for select Ford Escape vehicles due to a “potential issue with panorama roof glass,” in which the glass may not be securely fastened to the vehicles bracket. Among the affected vehicles are certain 2014 Ford Escape vehicles manufactured within the time period of October 15 to October […]
General Motors will pay as much as $1 million to every family of the 13 individuals killed as a result of their vehicles’ defective ignition switches, WDRB News reported on June 30. Another $300,000 will be given to every single surviving spouse and dependent of the killed victim in addition to the initial amount. On the same […]
Michigan-based automaker General Motors Co. is jump-starting a program to pay back the victims that were badly affected by an ignition switch defect in many of GM’s small compact cars, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported on June 5. The defect has been blamed for the deaths of at least 13 people. GM announced it will begin hearing claims on August […]
A seven-year-old girl, whose identity the police authorities did not make known to the public, died at the scene of a car crash the morning of May 17, Wave 3 News reported. Three other passengers were riding with the girl when their vehicle was struck by a Jeep on the 7200 block of Terry Road at […]
An 11-year-old girl riding the zip line at the Red Mile Race Track during the crawfish festival in Lexington, Kentucky fell after the ride allegedly malfunctioned, WKYT reported on May 10. The girl fell nearly 20 feet to the ground, landing on her back in a grassy area. Authorities later found that the carabiner clip connecting the harness to […]
