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Speed was the reason a Florida man was killed in Crittenden County last night. John Baker Jr. rounded a curve and hit a tree near Marion Kentucky. Read Story Here. For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

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The Bush administration recently authorized yet another Mexican based carrier to travel the highways of the United States. This brings the toll tohttp://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2583 traveling our highways from Mexico. The main concern for American drivers iswho will be liable if one of these trucks causes an accident in which a citizen of the United States is either seriously...

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Kentucky assistant attorney general has been charged with drunken driving by Louisville police.Jason Moore, 33, told police he was at a concert where he had his last drink at the end. When asked by police to take a field sobriety test he refused, but police say he smelled very strongly of alcohol, was unsteady on his feet and had bloodshot eyes.Upon inspecting his car police discovered a cup...

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A two vehicle crash Saturday sent two to the Hospital and one to jail. Henderson police say and 18 year old was traveling on KY 351 around 8 p.m. at a high rate of speed when he crossed the center line and hit a 53 year old Henderson woman. A 23 year old passenger in the 18 year olds vehicle was injured as was the 53 year old. The 18 year old driver was charged with assault due to the...

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I-65 northbound was closed for two hours Sunday near downtown by a one vehicle crash that injured five and killed one. Police say the driver was ejected after his Ford Aerostar van overturned around 10:30 yesterday morning. The van appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed according to witnesses and when it tried to switch lanes near an exit ramp. Police did say later that speed was not...

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An accident Saturday on I-65 in Barren County claimed the life of an Elizabethtown woman who was traveling with her family. The Chevrolet Tahoe was towing a 20-foot travel trailer when the trailer began to sway the driver lost control of the vehicle. The Tahoe then left the road and hit a rock wall and overturned. The Elizabethtown woman died at the scene of the accident. The driver was treated...

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A school bus crash Thursday morning in Bullitt County sent two children to the hospital and left 16 others to be evaluated. The bus driver had to swerve when a white pickup truck was in his lane of traffic. The bus left the road and stuck a ditch and came to a halt between a post and tree. The driver of the truck left the scene of the accident and authorities are looking for them. The Bullitt...

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A recall by Ford Motor Company involves more than 3.6 million vehicles. The speed control deactivation switch could cause a fire. Ford is taking this action due to concerns of customers about the potential of fires in their vehicles. If the switch is found to be leaking it will be replaced, and there will be an installation of a fused wiring harness into the speed control electrical circuit....

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Early Monday morning a crash sent 5 people to area hospitals. The accident occurred around 3 a.m. on Amster Grove Road in Winchester. The accident involved a truck pulling a boat and an SUV. Apparently the truck tried to avoid the SUV and the two hit, sending the truck over an embankment. Two were taken to Clark Regional Medical Center and three to the University of Kentucky Hospital.For more...

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Three members of a family from Liberty died in a crash Wednesday, on US 127, when the Toyota Camry they were in crossed the center line and struck a Ford Explorer head on. None of the family were wearing their seatbelts when the accident happened. The driver of the Ford Explorer and a passenger were taken to UK Chandler Hospital by helicopter and are listed in good condition. The Kentucky State...

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A 25 year old Manitou, Kentucky mother, her infant son, and four year old daughter were playing by a tree in their front yard Monday when a freak accident occurred. Crick Paving Company was in the process of unloading a tractor from a flatbed when the front of the trailer lifted up, causing the back of the truck to lift. The truck, with no one at the wheel, then began moving across the roadway...

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It's that time of year again, county fairs going on and the carnival rides the children love. But how safe are those rides? The Department of Agriculture is responsible for inspecting just once a year those rides here in Kentucky. Two children were injured in Mercer County when the lap bar on the "Sizzler" failed while the ride was moving, a six year old boy had a cut on his head and his seven...

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An accident on KY 104 in Todd County claimed the life of one and injured two others. A 1990 pickup truck was northbound on KY 104 in a small curve when the driver of a motorcycle going southbound locked his brakes up and slid into the pickup truck head on. The driver of the pickup truck and a passenger was taken to Gateway Medical Center. The motorcycle driver was pronounced dead at the scene...

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The 14 year old girl who was in the pickup truck with her mother and 8 year old brother Tuesday that was broadsided at an intersection by a semi has died from her injuries. Her mother remains in critical condition and the 8 year old brother is still in the hospital. The semi was hauling a load of steel plates that spilled after the semi overturned. The plates struck a car with a West Virginia...

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A crash involving four vehicles on Kentucky's AA Highway in Alexandria Tuesday afternoon sent six people to the hospital. A semi-tractor trailer loaded with steel plates lost control at an intersection, running a crane into a ditch, broad-sided a pickup truck, turning the semi on it's side causing it to lose the load of plates that scattered across the southbound lanes and northbound lanes where...

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