Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Paducah

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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A 51 year old Lexington man was killed Sunday when the car he was riding in overturned after hitting an embankment. The driver was a 38 year old woman from Lexington. She was unable to negotiate a curve and overcorrected then traveled off the right side of the road again striking the embankment, overturning the 1998 Toyota Avalon. The Lexington man was ejected through the sunroof, he was not...

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A man was killed in a two car accident in Floyd County around 6 p.m. Wednesday. Police say the accident happened on Kentucky Route 122 when a vehicle traveling west was hit by a vehicle that was going east that crossed the center line and hit head-on. The driver going west was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver was taken to the hospital where the extent of his injuries were unknown....

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An accident in Hopkins County has left two people dead. According to Kentucky State Police a vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed and passed several vehicles and apparently lost control. The vehicle left the right side of the roadway gong into a ditch and striking a culvert causing the vehicle to flip. Both the driver and the passenger were ejected and neither were wearing seatbelts at...

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A multi-vehicle crash on I-75 has left four people dead and several injured. A truck pulling a trailer crossed the median and hit three other vehicles killing 4 and injuring 9 others. One woman who was killed was 8 months pregnant. Nine others had to be transported to area hospitals. State Police say that it appears alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the fatal accident.For more...

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A multi-vehicle crash on I-75 has left four people dead and several injured. A truck pulling a trailer crossed the median and hit three other vehicles killing 4 and injuring 9 others. One woman who was killed was 8 months pregnant. Nine others had to be transported to area hospitals. State Police say that it appears alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the fatal accident.

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Another bus crash for I-65 in less than a month. A bus carrying a load of children from Smyrna, Tennessee ran into the rear of a tractor trailer near Franklin, Ky around noon yesterday. The semi driver said that traffic was merging left due to a vehicle in the emergency lane when a motorcycle in front of him slowed to a near stop, he had to hit his brakes hard to avoid hitting the motorcycle and...

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An Edmonton couple were killed on Ky. 32-34 over the weekend when their motorcycle was struck head-on by a truck driven by a 67 year old Glasgow man when he crossed the center line. The husband was pronounced dead at the scene. The wife was taken to T.J. Samson Hospital by Stat-Care flight where she was pronounced dead. The driver of the truck and two passengers were not injured.For more...

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An accident on July 4th around 10:45 p.m. sent a family of four to area hospitals. Apparently a 38 year old off duty state trooper crossed the center line and hit a pickup truck head- on injuring all 4 family members. Two adults were taken to University Hospital and two children ages ten and three were taken to Children's Hospital. The state trooper was taken to University Hospital also. Police...

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A 38 year old man died on Cane Run Road Sunday night after a woman backed her van onto the road trying to make a U-turn and struck his motorcycle. The motorcyclist died later at University Hospital.The driver of the van fled the scene and got into another vehicle and the was later dropped several miles from the scene. She has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident, tampering with...

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Trailer sway, taking a sharp turn or gust of wind, or just traveling down hill can cause this and is a leading cause in towing accidents each year. The violent swaying and swinging can cause catastrophic accidents. Recent Los Angeles Times investigation found numerous problems with U-Hauls company practices that contribute to these accidents. Among them not inspecting trailers for months, a...

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The crash that killed two and injured around 66, some critically, had several contributing factors. The bus was a 1995 model and at first the model could not be identified because the tags were expired and registered to another bus. The bus was also only equipped to handle 55 passengers, there were 66 on it at the time of the crash. One person said children were sitting wherever the could....

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The bus crash that injured 66 and killed one on Monday is still being investigated but the victims are beginning to return home. Six remained at a shelter today set up by the American Red Cross. Eleven of the injured are still at area hospitals in Bowling Green and four in Nashville. The community really came together to help the victims from the time of the crash when several counties responded...

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Thursday afternoon a 13 year old girl lost her feet when they were severed just above the ankle while on a ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. The Superman Tower of Power ride is one that takes riders up 177 feet into the air and then drops at speeds of 54 mph 157 feet before stopping 20 feet above the ground. At this time it appears a cable may have come loose and become wrapped around the...

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