Vijay Patel seriously injured in head-on crash with wrong-way driver Jennifer Reed, 44, on I-265 in Louisville, KY
Modified Date:
Mon, 08/03/2015 - 11:29amAccident Date:
Saturday, January 31, 2015
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Police say an empty bottle of Burnett's citrus-flavored vodka was found just outside of Reed's side door.
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Once at the hospital, police said she became combative and had to be restrained.
44-year-old Jennifer Reed, who has now been charged with DUI and assualt among others, was driving the wrong way in the northbound lanes of I-265 when she collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Vijay Patel. Her vehicle then continued to strike another car, driven by John Abbott. Patel sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries and was transported the hospital via helicopter, while Reed sustained more minor injuries to her head and face, and Abbot was uninjured. Reed apparently became violent at the hospital, and toxicology tests eventually showed her BAC to be 0.388, leading to numerous charges.
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Type: Car Accident
People Involved:
Vijay Patel
Jennifer Reed
John Abbott
Roadway:
I-265City:
Louisville, KYCounty:
Jefferson County, KYArea:
Louisville, KY
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I knew jennifer when she was
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