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 […]
A three-vehicle car crash in the northbound lanes of Interstate 71 at the two-mile marker near Zorn Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky on Thursday, April 24 at around 9:30 p.m. caused a teenager and two adults to incur minor injuries. According to preliminary investigations, one vehicle was having engine troubles and was parked off the road […]
Police officers from the Louisville Metro Police in Kentucky took Eric Bratcher into custody on April 21, claiming he hit a car on South 6th Street and then fled the scene of the accident. The arrest warrant showed that Bratcher collided with the car’s right side and broke the car’s mirror on that side. According to […]
Sixty-one-year-old comedian-actor George Wallace was awarded around $1.3 million in a civil negligence and personal injury lawsuit he filed against the Bellagio Las Vegas Hotel Casino by an Nevada jury’s six-two vote on Tuesday, April 8 after two weeks of testimonies and around 12 hours of jury deliberation. The jury ruled that Bellagio should pay […]
Three people suffered from fatal injuries in Greenup County on Sunday, March 16 after a head-on collision. The accident occurred around 4 p.m. along the 2000 block of U.S. Route 23 and claimed the lives of Tracie Howard, 43, Ruby Brown, 22, and Jamond Buford, 30. Joshua Bowling, 33, survived the accident and was transported […]
