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HENDERSON, KY – Three family members were killed Friday morning, June 18, when their passenger van collided with a semi trailer truck in Henderson County, Kentucky. The truck accident occurred in the city of Henderson, KY at the juncture of Kentucky State Highways 525 and 1299. The accident area is in the north central of the state near the border with Indiana, about 128 miles west of Louisville, KY and about 12 miles south of Evansville, IN.

Kentucky State Police responded to the site of the truck accident and closed down a two mile section of the KS 525 Bypass at the US 41 Alternate, rerouting traffic to US 60.

Shortly after 10:00 a.m. Friday morning 68 year old Alfred L. Hohimer of Illinois was driving a 2000 International semi tractor trailer east on the Kentucky State Highway 425 Bypass in Henderson County, KY. Mr. Hohimer was carrying a full load of gravel in the truck’s trailer. ... Read Full Story

MADISON COUNTY, KY – One person is dead after an early morning truck accident, May 10, 2010, on a highway in Madison County, Kentucky. The collision between the semi trailer truck and a van occurred early Monday morning on Interstate 75 near mile marker 93 between the communities of Richmond and Boonesboro. The accident area is south of the Lexington metro region in the central section of the state, 130 miles southwest of Huntington, West Virginia and 148 miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee.

The impact of the rear-end truck accident crushed the back of the van and sent it across the interstate and into a ditch at the side of the highway.

At around 1:00 a.m. Monday morning 53 year old Alan Black of Keavy, KY was driving a 2011 International semi tractor trailer truck north on Interstate 75, traveling through Madison County, KY. ... Read Full Story

SPOTTSVILLE, KY – A driver was arrested after a truck accident Friday, April 16, 2010, in Henderson County, Kentucky. The accident happened in a work construction zone on a Highway 60 bridge in the village of Spottsville, KY. The accident area is near the border with Indiana, 19 miles southeast of Evansville, IN and 136 miles west of Louisville, KY.

The 18 wheeler crashed into the concrete safety barriers the construction crews had erected. Two workers were in the area having lunch but neither was injured in the truck accident.

At about 1:00 p.m. Friday afternoon 54 year old Steven F. Harkey of Prescott, Michigan was driving a semi truck with a 53 foot trailer for Marine Transport Inc., a boat hauling company based in Au Gres, MI. The truck driver was headed west on Highway 60, approaching a construction work zone which included the bridge in Spottsville, KY. ... Read Full Story

MUNFORDVILLE, KY – A deadly truck accident killed eleven people Friday, March 26, on a highway in Hart County, Kentucky, when a truck slammed into a 15 passenger van carrying a family to a wedding in Iowa. The truck accident happened on Interstate 65 near the town of Munfordville, KY. The accident area is in the southwest central section of the state, 75 miles south of Louisville, KY and 105 miles northeast of Nashville, Tennessee.

Kentucky State Police troopers and local emergency personnel quickly responded to the truck accident scene. Ten people in the van suffered fatal blunt force trauma injuries.

Shortly after 5:30 a.m. Friday morning a semi trailer truck driven by an unidentified Alabama resident was headed south on Interstate 65. The tractor truck was carrying a load of auto brake drums for Hester, Inc., based in Fayette, Alabama. ... Read Full Story

CORBIN, KY – A man suffered fatal injuries after his pickup truck was struck by a tractor trailer truck Monday night in Whitley County, Kentucky. The truck accident happened on Interstate 75 near Corbin, KY. The area of the collision is in the far southeast section of the state about 30 miles north of the Tennessee border, 90 miles south of Lexington, KY and 86 miles north of Knoxville, TN.

After a preliminary investigation of the fatal truck accident, authorities have ruled out drug or alcohol use as being a factor. There were no reports that his trailer truck malfunctioned.

Shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday night 65 year old Larry W. Rogers of Corbin, KY was traveling south on Interstate 75 in Whitley County in a 1996 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck. A few minutes later he stopped his pickup and was straddling the shoulder and the right lane of the interstate near mile marker 26. Kentucky State Police are unsure why Mr. Rogers stopped his vehicle in the traffic lane of the highway. ... Read Full Story