Automobile Accidents

• Clark County Deputy In Three Vehicle Crash

  Lee Coleman | March 08, 2007 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Monday evening around 8:30 a Clark County Sheriff's Deputy was turning onto Old Boonesboro Road when he turned into the path of a truck driven by a 47 year old Paint Lick man. Unable to avoid the officer he hit the police car's right back side and skidded out of control and into the lane of another vehicle driven by a 41 year old from Winchester. The 47 year old Paint Lick man was taken to the...

• Madisonville Nursing Home Fire Kills One Injures Five

  Lee Coleman | March 06, 2007 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  For the second time in recent weeks there was a fire at Harborside Healthcare in Madisonville. The first fire was from a water heater and caused minor damage and no injuries. The fire on February 28th has now resulted in the death of a 48 year old man. He died Monday at University of Louisville Hospital of thermal burns suffered to his head and face according to the autopsy. The fire was...

• School Bus Crash In Louisville Sends 15 To Hospital

  Lee Coleman | March 05, 2007 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Early Monday morning around 8:20 a.m. a school bus and car crashed at the intersection of Rodman Avenue and Iowa Street. Thirteen elementary students on their way to Blake Elementary were sent to Kosair Children's Hospital to be examined. Two adults were taken to Jewish Hospital. None of the children were expected to be admitted to the hospital. Of the 42 children on the bus only some were...

• Pike Man Struck By CSX Train

  Lee Coleman | February 22, 2007 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Tuesday about 7:46 a Draffin man was crossing the tracks at Pond Creek Road in his truck when he was struck by a CSX train. The train had just dropped off some coal and only had four locomotives and two crew members at the time of the accident. He is listed in critical condition after being transported from Pikeville Medical Center and later to St. Mary's Medical Center. Kentucky State Police...

• Collision In Covington Sends One To Hospital

  Lee Coleman | February 20, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Around 9 a.m. Monday a Covington woman as driving north on Greenup Street when she ran a red light and into the path of a tractor-trailer hauling scrap steel, striking the side of the vehicle. Her vehicle was then dragged 30-40 feet before coming to a stop. She was wearing a seatbelt and the airbag did deploy. She was taken to the University of Cincinnati where she was listed in serious...

• KSP Trooper Injured At I-65 Accident Scene

  Lee Coleman | February 19, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Around 6 p.m. Saturday evening KSP Trooper Tim Adams was attending a non injury accident on I-65 around the 48 mile marker when he was injured. A north-bound tractor-trailer was trying to slow down when he saw the emergency vehicles. His truck began to jack-knife sliding off the right side of the road and striking a Park City Fire Department vehicle. Adams was standing near the vehicle at the...

• Auto Insurers Not Wanting To Pay In Minor-Crash Claims

  Lee Coleman | February 12, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  According to an article in CNN, getting the insurance to pay if your injured in a minor crash doesn't look good, and you may be in for quite a fight even if the accident is not your fault. Doesn't sound quite fair does it, yet an 18-month investigation shows minor-impact soft-tissue injuries around the country, where there was little damage to the vehicle and injuries were not easy to see with...

• 12-Year-Old in Coma After Car Crash

  Lee Coleman | February 08, 2007 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Monday night a car crash in Grayson, Kentucky sent a 12-year-old boy to the hospital in with severe head trauma and multiple injuries and another to jail. A 31-year-old Webbville man was sent to jail after his pickup truck collided with a car driven by a 19-year-old Damaron Branch woman. About 6:30 the pickup truck rounded a curve heading west and swerved into the lane of the car, she swerved to...

• Accident In Pulaski County Seriously Injures Police Chief

  Lee Coleman | January 31, 2007 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  The intersection of North Kentucky 1247 and Kentucky 70 near Somerset was the site of the accident that sent the Eubank chief of police to the UK Chandler Hospital Tuesday. A woman apparently drove her van through the intersection, disregarding the stop sign, and hit the police chiefs car. His cruiser then flew off the road and overturned. The police chief had to be extricated from the car and...

• Teens Greatest Driving Hazard Isn't Alcohol

  Lee Coleman | January 27, 2007 6:44 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  At least according to a study recently done by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Company. It appears teens realize the dangers of drinking and driving that we've been sending for years, but there is much more. Surveys show that kids are riding with other kids who are singing and dancing to music, talking on cell phones while at the wheel. Having other teens in the...