Another injury auto accident closes I-65, this one near Elizabethtown, KY
Just two days after 11 people lost their lives in a deadly wreck on a dangerous stretch of I-65 south of Louisville, Kentucky, there has been another serious auto accident on this stretch of freeway, this time near Elizabethtown, in Hardin County, Kentucky.
According to reports, an accident on I-65 at mile-marker 91 near E-Town has temporarily closed the northbound lanes.
Kentucky State Police in Elizabethtown say at least four people are injured in a what appears to be a single-car wreck. The lanes have been closed to allow emergency crews and a medical helicopter to treat and transport the victims.
Shawn Cantley, a Kentucky injury attorney provides our legal analysis (for attorney profile and contact info, click here):
It goes without saying that it has been an incredibly tragic week for this dangerous stretch of I-65. From a purely legal perspective, single-car accidents are usually caused by negligence on the part of the driver. There isn't enough information to make that determination at this point, but if the wreck was caused by driver inattentiveness, then the passengers would be entitled to recover under the driver's liability coverage, along with their own underinsured motorist coverage, if they carried this coverage. Under certain circumstances underinsured coverage can be "stacked" from multiple policies. Unfortunately, many insurance claims personnel do not always properly advise their insureds regarding this. There likely would be no means of recovery for the driver if the driver was a fault for the wreck.
