- Lee Coleman | April 30, 2007 4:41 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSunday morning around 1:15 am on U.S. 27 near Bryantsville in Garrard County a Garrard County government vehicle, a 1997 Chevy Tahoe, driven by the county's emergency management director, crossed the median and a 1995 pickup truck tried to avoid it. The other driver swerved into the northbound lane but the Tahoe crossed back over also and struck the pickup. The pickup caught fire, a passenger...
- Lee Coleman | April 28, 2007 6:05 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsConstruction is scheduled to begin in 30 days to install a cable barrier on New Circle Road. That would have prevented an accident Wednesday that killed a Lexington resident. According to police a blue Dodge Durango crossed the median and struck a silver Nissan Altima killing the driver of the Altima. "Yesterday, a state transportation spokesman discussed a project to install barriers designed...
- Lee Coleman | April 27, 2007 6:03 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWednesday morning around 8 a.m. a 31 year old Bardstown woman was driving her SUV on Ky. 55 when she crossed the median. The SUV crashed head on into a tractor-trailer hauling heavy equipment. The SUV and truck both caught fire, the woman and three children ages 1, 7 and 6 were all killed. The tractor-trailer driver was treated and released from a Lebanon hospital. "Kevin Devine, emergency...
- Lee Coleman | April 25, 2007 6:10 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsSharing the road with large trucks is a situation that is often fraught with danger. As a driver of a passenger vehicle, your experience on the road requires you to be constantly alert and forces you to be prepared for unexpected obstacles such as construction work, debris on the road, and the changing speeds of other drivers around you. Large trucks have a higher fatality crash rate per mile...
- Lee Coleman | April 24, 2007 6:06 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesMonday morning a worker was killed in an accident at the Kentucky Utilities E. W. Brown Generating Station Plant in Mercer County. Few details have been released but apparently a worker died when a crane fell on him. Officials would not confirm the identity of the worker or the cause of the accident. This is the same plant a worker died in last month when he fell from a transmission tower at the...
- Lee Coleman | April 23, 2007 11:27 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Kentucky General Assembly passed a law in February 2004 establishing the fetal homicide crime. Now the first fetal homicide case in Jefferson County comes from a January 13th wreck with a drunken driving charge. The Mount Washington driver is accused of running a red light at Bardstown Road and Interstate 265 and hitting a vehicle in which the driver was seriously injured and lost her fetus....
- Lee Coleman | April 20, 2007 6:33 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsEarly Thursday morning a owner of a Berea towing company became was trapped beneath a truck when the driver did not see him and drove over him. Highway 52 was closed after the incident, and may be closed until early afternoon. The tow operator was taken to Pattie A. Clay hospital where he is in serious condition. They were working to clean up an overturned sand truck when the accident happened.
- Lee Coleman | April 19, 2007 3:29 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsYesterday four Paul Laurence Dunbar High School students were injured while on their way to school. Around 8 a.m. Wednesday on the outbound lane of Versailles Road the 1993 Geo Prizm blew a rear tire and spun around, it's rear end struck a 1991 Jeep Wagoneer that had parked in the emergency lane. All students were wearing seatbelts. They were all taken to the University of Kentucky Medical...
- Lee Coleman | April 17, 2007 2:16 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsBoston Scientific/Guidant Contack Renewal 3 & 4, Vitality and Vitality 2 implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators have been recalled. This is similar to the recall of the May 2006 but the patient outcomes and failure modes are different. Around 73,000 of these are recalled due to faulty capacitors. This may cause accelerated battery depletion and...
- Lee Coleman | April 16, 2007 12:19 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSaturday morning around 1:50 a.m. a single vehicle crash on KY 119 in Payne Gap left 2 Letcher men dead as a result of injuries. A 29 year old Sand Lick man went off the read and struck a wooden fence. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Letcher County's Coroner. A 22 year old Sand Lick man died of a head injury after being transported to the University of Kentucky Hospital. No seat belts...
- Lee Coleman | April 12, 2007 6:29 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Hardyville Man was killed Saturday evening when a 62- year old Greens burg man driving west on KY 218 crossed the center line hitting the Hardyville man's pickup truck head-on. The Greensburg man was transported to T.J. Samson Hospital in Glasgow and later the University of Louisville Hospital in serious condition. The Hardyville man was pronounced dead at the scene. The Greensburg man was...
- Lee Coleman | April 11, 2007 10:20 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesMonday night a 43 year old Clay City woman was working at Lexington Metals when she was struck in the neck by a piece of steel. She was operating a 1,000 ton machine press that makes bumper parts when a piece broke in the machine. The broken piece shattered when the machine was lowered and a piece hit her on the left side of the neck. The incident happened about 10:10 p.m. She was sent to Mary...
- Lee Coleman | April 06, 2007 3:21 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsYesterday morning a deadly accident took place when a semi truck driven by a 55 year old man from London, loaded with coal on East Ky. 80 hit a Geo tracker driven by a 31 year old woman from Somerset. The Geo Tracker was sitting still waiting to turn when it was struck in the rear by the semi truck. Upon impact it sent it across the median into oncoming traffic and was stuck head on by another...
- Lee Coleman | April 04, 2007 11:11 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)The CSX train derailment in Bullitt County in January was caused by a broken bolt on a freight car. The broken bolt caused the car not to steer properly and caused it to jump the track on a curve near Brooks, Ky. The freight car is owned by a CSX customer but the railroad is responsible for the maintenance and safe operation of it. The crash forced an estimated 500 people from their homes. Some...
- Lee Coleman | April 04, 2007 6:14 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesThat was the findings federal inspectors found days after two train crashes in Kentucky. The violations were in the 23 states that the company serves. A state breakdown of violations is not available right now but the list was long. Defective rails, track repairs not made that were known to have problems, cars with loose closures and improper documentation papers. Inspectors have recommended...
- Lee Coleman | April 03, 2007 10:02 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsSunday evening a pickup truck collided with two ATV's killing two of the drivers and more injuries. The crash happened on Kentucky 85 W when an 18 year old Centertown man was driving his pick up when he came up behind three ATV's, he then swerved to avoid hitting them and struck two of them. He rolled the pickup truck three times, possibly landing on one ATV operator during a roll. Killed...