Automobile Accidents

• I-71 Re-opens After Accident Fatalities

  Lee Coleman | November 10, 2006 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  I-71 is open Friday morning after a deadly accident Thursday night shut it down. A sport-utility vehicle apparently stalled in the right lane around 11 p.m. on I-71 just north of the Gene Snyder Freeway. A tractor-trailer came up on the vehicle slamming into the rear, moving it to the right shoulder, where it caught fire, killing the two occupants. At 12:30 a.m. Friday the deceased's identities...

• Chemical Spill From Tanker Truck Closes I-75

  Lee Coleman | November 14, 2006 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Interstate 75 in Scott County was closed for about 10 hours yesterday due to a chemical spill from an overturned tanker truck. The truck driver from Ohio was a driver for Highway Transport. He apparently lost control after blowing a tire near the southbound 128 exit around 7 a.m.. The chemicals were sodium hydroxide and sodium hypochlorite, these can burn respiratory passages if inhaled, and...

• Bicyclist Killed in Collision With Kentucky State Trooper

  Daryl T. Dixon | September 02, 2008 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Christopher W. Roberts, a five-year veteran of the Kentucky State Police, struck two bicyclists on Sunday evening when he swerved to avoid a car that had stopped in the street. The first...

• Two Car Wreck in Floyd County Kills One

  Lee Coleman | July 19, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  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....

• Kentucky Traffic Fatalities Down

  Lee Coleman | October 12, 2006 6:01 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  New statistics show that Kentucky traffic fatalities are down. Approximately 80 fewer fatalities than at this time last year. Kentucky has enacted several new highway safety measures this year and the results are beginning to show. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for ages 6-33."Fatality FactsNearly 130,000 crashes occurred in Kentucky in 2005, resulting in 985 deaths and nearly...

• Kentucky Hit and Run Accident Case Leads to Change in the Law

  Daryl Dixon | April 29, 2008 10:31 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed a bill into law that makes it a Felony to Leave the Scene of a Kentucky Hit and Run Injury Accident. Until today it had only been Misdemeanor punishable by up...

• Kentucky State Police Cruiser Collides With SUV

  Daryl T. Dixon | August 28, 2008 1:51 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A Kentucky State Police Cruiser collided with an SUV on Wednesday in Laurel County. Ashley Angel was taken to the University of Kentucky Hospital with serious injuries. She was a passenger in the...

• Murray Kentucky Police Officer Indicted

  Daryl T. Dixon | August 27, 2008 4:34 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  An article on wpsdlocal6.com tells us that a Murray State Police Officer will appear in court in two weeks to answer to the jury for his reckless driving that caused the death of Everett Ray...

• Alabama Semi-Truck Driver Faces Murder Charge After Kentucky DUI Wrongful Death Wreck

  Daryl Dixon | January 25, 2008 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  An Alabama Man is charged with Murder after fatally injuring a Kentucky State Employee last night. This Kentucky DUI Wrongful Death occurred near Frankort Kentucky and claimed the life of Leslye Robertson, 41. The Semi-Truck Driver is also charged with DUI, Possession of Marijuana and Methamphetimines and Possession of Drug Paraphenelia. The Driver, Paul George Neto, is being held without bond.

• Three Car Crash Injures 2 and Kills 1

  Lee Coleman | November 06, 2006 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A fiery crash Sunday in Campbell County has left 1 dead and 2 injured. The early morning accident happened on Alexandria Pike south of Hillview Road. A Ford Explorer being driven by a Butler woman was southbound when her car crossed into the northbound lane and struck a Pendleton County man driving a Plymouth Neon, according to Campbell County Police. The Pendleton man was killed instantly and...