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Date:
Saturday, December 28, 2013Area:
Louisville, KYJohn Vausha, 62, was driving on Ind. 64 about 6:45 p.m. when a witness saw his vehicle leave the road. The vehicle traveled 500 feet before landing in a pond. Officials are unsure what caused Vausha to drive off the road. Crawford County firefighters pulled Vausha from his car, but the man was unresponsive. Vausha was flown to Harrison County Hospital in Corydon, where he was pronounced dead.
Date:
Tuesday, December 10, 2013Area:
Louisville, KYThe accident was reported at 10:40 a.m. on the interstate near the exit to Lewis and Clark Parkway. Police determined the driver ran over an expansion joint on the interstate that jarred the truck, forcing open the unlocked gate on the bed of the truck and causing the spill that closed three of the four lanes until Indiana Department of Transportation crews could clear it. There were six secondary crashes that happened as a result of the spill, but no one was injured.
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Thursday, November 21, 2013Area:
Louisville, KYA cattle truck was traveling eastbound when it hit a car that was driving the wrong way on US 60. The semi overturned with 35 cows on board at the time. Eight cows had to be euthanized due to their injuries, and six or seven cows are still unaccounted for. The road was closed for several hours while police rounded up the cows. Both the female driver of the car and the truck driver were taken to the hospital. The female driver is being cited with driving under the influence and reckless driving.