Louisville Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Automobile Accidents

In several lawsuits pending against Allstate, including one in Lexington, Kentucky, plaintiffs have asked for documents regarding Allstate's claims practices and handling, among other areas....

Yesterday, a woman died as a result of injuries she sustained from being struck by a vehicle in Jeffersontown. A pedestrian, Amelia Lopez, was hit by a car and thrown approximately 200 feet and...

Tragedy struck early yesterday morning when a pick-up truck hydroplaned on I-65 and crossed the median colliding with another vehicle. A family of three was in the pick-up truck on their way to the State Capitol to participate in a 4-H Club visit. All three in the pick-up truck died as a result of the collision. Two other people died in the other vehicle. The Kentucky State Police is...

In less than two months, 97 people have died as a result of automobile accidents in Kentucky. Just last week 10 people died in car wrecks. Statistics as to the causes of these wrecks have not been released yet. Alcohol may have been a factor in one wreck. At this time of year, with the weather changing so much, it is even more important to be careful on the road. Be aware of freezing...

A woman died from multiple injuries sustained in an automobile accident on the Watterson Expressway in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday. Two semi tractor-trailers were also involved in the fatal crash. According to witnesses, she may have lost control of her vehicle and then was clipped by a tractor-trailer and subsequently hit by another when her vehicle ended up in its path.Witnesses told...

A car accident earlier this week in Louisville, Kentucky resulted in the death of the female passenger. Police reported that before the wreck one vehicle was speeding excessively on the Watterson Expressway and the police tried to pull the car over, but the driver took an exit ramp. Moments later the vehicle was hit broadside by another vehicle at an intersection. Police reported that the...

Yesterday, a Bowling Green Police Officer collided with a vehicle being driven by an 18-year old at the intersection of Adams Street and 11th Avenue in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police will investigate the wreck. Whenever the City of Bowling Green's Police Department is involved in an automobile accident, the Kentucky State Policy handles the investigation in an attempt to...

In Elizabethtown, Kentucky recently, a drunk driver collided with an ambulance transporting a patient who had just been involved in a different wreck. The driver of the vehicle was charged with DUI, reckless homicide, and four counts of wanton endangerment. The driver was arrested and put in jail. A passenger in the vehicle died at the scene. The driver's wife and the EMTs and patient in the...

A three car wreck resulted in one death on Saturday, November 24, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Three others sustained injuries in the collision. The injuries were serious enough that two individuals had to be flown to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville and University Hospital in Louisville. An investigation as to the cause of the wreck is still pending. It appears the Kentucky State Police are...

The grand jury in Carroll County indicted a man who allegedly drove while intoxicated causing a vehicle accident that killed another man. The indicted man apparently overcorrected his vehicle, crossed into another lane, and hit another vehicle. Both cars flipped and the indicted man's vehicle landed on top. The other driver died at the scene. Charges are for murder, criminal mischief and...

An inmate on work release from Louisville hit a motorcyclist in southern Indiana on September 8. Police told the press that the inmate should not have even been in southern Indiana. The inmate fled the scene and did not stay to offer help to the motorcyclist, who died as a result of the accident. Police have issued an arrest warrant for the inmate.For more information on this subject, please...

A police officer was injured in an automobile accident last week in Louisville. A witness told the media that the officer either was distracted or could not handle the sharp turn. The witness also suspected the officer was speeding prior to the wreck. Another vehicle was involved, but no injuries reported. "Something must've been going on with her being distracted or going at a rate of speed,...

An 18-year old male went missing for several days. Turns out he had wrecked his car and run off the road into a ravine. The teenager was trapped in his car that had flipped over. Apparently, due to his injuries and the position of the car he remained trapped for about a week before being rescued. The Bowie (BOO'-ee) University student was spotted by passing motorists. Though injured and...

A driver crashed his car into several glass windows of the Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown Louisville, Kentucky early Saturday morning. Two automobiles collided at the intersection of 3rd and Market Streets at approximately 2 a.m. The Old Spaghetti Factory is located on the corner of this intersection. The police reported that there were multiple non-life threatening injuries. No other...

Fourteen people have died as a result of motorcycle wrecks in Louisville, Kentucky this year. That is a substantial increase from a year ago when Jefferson County had 9 fatalities due to motorcycle accidents. Kentucky State Police have started a motorcycle safety program. The program will focus on motorcyclists and cars sharing the road, sober driving, and older cycle riders. This is a much...