Randall Thornton, age 50, was killed in a single vehicle accident involving the tractor-trailer truck he was driving. Mr. Thornton’s truck was reportedly traveling on I-64 west of the Simpsonville Exit when it struck an abandoned vehicle that was in the emergency lane. The collision caused Mr. Thornton’s truck to…
Ronald Forland, age 38, was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle driven by a 72 year old man, Doyle Morgan. Morgan is reported to have run the red light, hitting Forland’s motorcycle and the two other vehicles. A passenger on Forland’s motorcycle, Eugenia Forland, age 37, was…
Richard Hammond, age 44, was killed Sunday while walking along Dixie Highway. His death came after he was struck by an automobile around 9:00 p.m. while he was a pedestrian. This pedestrian auto accident occurred on the 12000 block of Dixie Highway. The Police have not charged the driver of…
Alden Napier, and his female passenger, where riding a motorcycle in London, Kentucky when another vehicle pulled into a store in front of the motorcycle. An auto accident ensued which killed Alden and sent this passenger to UK Hospital with serious injuries. Mr. Napier’s family and Estate may have a…
Christopher Frey, age 31, was killed Wednesday while riding his motorcycle. Frey died of multiple blunt force injuries after his motorcycle hit the side of a bus that was turning left onto Fourth Street. Mr. Frey’s family and his Estate may have a Kentucky wrongful death claim related to this…
Another tragic Kentucky waterway accident has occurred. Timothy Austin Hagedorn, age 17, was killed in a boat accident on the Ohio River. Hagedorn and four others where in a runabout boat when their boat collided with a larger boat. Hagedorn and his four friends were thrown from their boat in…
A Toyota pickup truck traveling on Elkins Station Road in Clark County, Kentucky left the roadway, hit a culvert, and then swerved back onto the roadway. When the pickup re-entered the roadway, it struck a young child riding a bicycle. The accident happened around 7:30 p.m. and the child was…
Samuel Hazley III of Louisville, Kentucky was pronounced dead at 7:31 a.m. at University of Louisville Hospital. Mr. Hazley had been waiting for a bus, at the bus stop located at Dixie Highway & Blanton Lane, when a driver of a Suzuki Sidekick lost control of the vehicle, veered out…
For the calendar years 2000 through 2009, amongst 52 metropolitan areas, Louisville has been ranked 19th concerning pedestrian fatalities. In a recent report by Transportation for America, a safety-advocacy organization, the Louisville, Kentucky area had a “pedestrian danger index” rating of 95.7. That rating was based upon 192 pedestrian fatalities…
According to the Kentucky State Police, via a press release, eleven people died in eleven separate Kentucky automobile crashes and Kentucky motor vehicle accidents on Kentucky roadways from Monday, July 25 through Sunday, July 31 of this year. Families who have lost loved ones in Kentucky car, truck, motorcycle, or…