Automobile Accidents

• Grant County School Bus Driver Arrested

  Lee Coleman | January 26, 2007 1:39 PM | 1 CommentBowling Green, KY

  Seventeen students were injured last week in a bus crash in Grant County and the bus driver who was driving has now been arrested. A search warrant obtained earlier in the week and executed turned up charges of first-degree possession of a controlled substance, second degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana less than 8 oz. The...

• Third Death On Thomason Byway in Grayson

  Lee Coleman | January 25, 2007 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Monday the Thomason Byway took it's third death since opening in August. A 23- year-old expectant mother was killed when her Kia SUV was struck by a 45-year-old from Clarkson who failed to stop at a stop sign. The Kia overturned several times and came to rest on it's top on the shoulder of the byway. The Highway Department has put flags at the top of signs at the intersections of 1214 & 920 and...

• School Bus Crash in Fleming County

  Lee Coleman | January 24, 2007 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Early Tuesday morning around 7:30 in Fleming County a school bus carrying 23 students ran off Ky. 111 and turned on it's side. The driver and three students were immediately taken to Fleming County Hospital for observation. Five other students were sent after a school nurse examined them. All are in good condition according to a hospital spokesman. The accident is still under investigation.

• Train Crash Kills Two in Walton Kentucky

  Lee Coleman | January 19, 2007 1:24 PM | 2 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Wednesday morning was deadly on the train tracks at 29 North Main Street in Walton, KY, where a father and son were killed when the 1982 Chevrolet truck they were in was struck while crossing the tracks. The truck was dragged more than 1,000 feet and caught on fire. It is unclear whether the crash impact or the fire was the cause of death. This was the third train accident in Kentucky in as many...

• School Bus Accident in Grant County

  Lee Coleman | January 17, 2007 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Early this morning as a bus was taking students to Grant County Middle School, the bus dropped off the right side of the road and then back across and off the left, sideswiping a pole near the back of the bus. The driver and 17 students were taken to St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Some of the children's injuries were severe enough they had to be sent to other hospitals for treatment. No...

• Kentucky Roadways Claim Six Lives Last Week

  Lee Coleman | January 11, 2007 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Six separate crashes claimed six lives in a one week time frame in Kentucky. From January 2nd until January 7th single fatalities were reported in Grayson, Letcher, Jefferson, Meade, Pike and Warren Counties. Three were not wearing seatbelts and one was unknown. Ten people have died since the start of 2007 but this is still two fewer than this time last year. Of the total 10, six were not...

• Two Injured in Russell Springs Accident

  Lee Coleman | January 07, 2007 6:35 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A Two vehicle accident on US 127 in Russell Springs sent both drivers to the hospital. A 33-year-old Columbia woman was northbound when she struck the rear of a vehicle driven by a 66-year-old Dunnville man. He had slowed for a vehicle that was turning. He required air evacuation to the University of Kentucky Hospital. She was transported to the Russell County Hospital. The Kentucky State...

• Riverside Christian School Coach Killed In Accident

  Lee Coleman | January 06, 2007 6:33 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Michael Alex a basketball coach for Riverside Christian School was killed on KY 15 Monday afternoon. His truck apparently crossed the center line and struck a Toyota Camry. Both drivers died at the scene. Three people in the Camry a female and two children were flown to the UK Medical Center in Lexington. School administrators canceled classes Tuesday.

• Riverside Christian School Coach Killed In Accident(2)

  Lee Coleman | January 06, 2007 6:33 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Michael Alex a basketball coach for Riverside Christian School was killed on KY 15 Monday afternoon. His truck apparently crossed the center line and struck a Toyota Camry. Both drivers died at the scene. Three people in the Camry a female and two children were flown to the UK Medical Center in Lexington. School administrators canceled classes Tuesday.

• Fiery Crash Kills Three in Bullitt County

  Lee Coleman | January 05, 2007 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning a crash killed three people when the car apparently struck a tree and caught fire. According to police reports the victims were burned beyond recognition. It happened on Cedar Grove Road in Bullitt County, the vehicle was a white Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. Witnesses said the vehicle had been traveling at a high rate of speed before the accident. 53-year-old...