Friday, March 26, 2010
Eleven Die In Fiery Crash
KENTUCKY...
Kentucky State police say the death toll has risen to 11 in a fiery crash between a tractor-trailer and a van on northbound Interstate 65 in south-central Kentucky.
Two children survived the crash. A pastor at a southern Kentucky church says many of the victims were from a Kentucky-based Mennonite family traveling to Iowa in a van that police say was struck head-on by a tractor trailer. The van was carrying “men, women and children,” Emergency Management Director Kerry McDaniel said. He said the tractor-trailer was going south on I-65 and crossed the median, striking the van head-on near Munfordville, about 75 miles south of Louisville.
The truck hit a rock wall and burst into flames. The truck's driver was killed.
The truck was burned beyond recognition. Its cargo included automobile wheel castings. The stretch of interstate where the accident occurred can be treacherous because it narrows from three lanes to two for motorists going south into Hart County. Surviving the crash were two children...four and five years of age. The were sitting in child restraint seats. The driver of the tractor-trailer was killed in the wreck.
Kentucky State police say the death toll has risen to 11 in a fiery crash between a tractor-trailer and a van on northbound Interstate 65 in south-central Kentucky.
Two children survived the crash. A pastor at a southern Kentucky church says many of the victims were from a Kentucky-based Mennonite family traveling to Iowa in a van that police say was struck head-on by a tractor trailer. The van was carrying “men, women and children,” Emergency Management Director Kerry McDaniel said. He said the tractor-trailer was going south on I-65 and crossed the median, striking the van head-on near Munfordville, about 75 miles south of Louisville.
The truck hit a rock wall and burst into flames. The truck's driver was killed.
The truck was burned beyond recognition. Its cargo included automobile wheel castings. The stretch of interstate where the accident occurred can be treacherous because it narrows from three lanes to two for motorists going south into Hart County. Surviving the crash were two children...four and five years of age. The were sitting in child restraint seats. The driver of the tractor-trailer was killed in the wreck.
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