Semi-Truck Crossover Accident on I-65 in Hart County Causes Multiple Deaths
In an unthinkable tragedy, at least 10 people are dead after a tractor-trailer truck crossed over the median and hit a 15 passenger van head on on I-65 in Hart County, Kentucky. According to multiple reports, at least some of the occupants of the van were children.
Reportedly, the collision happened at 5:16 a.m. near mile marker 62, approximately 75 miles south of Louisville. The closest town to that area of I-65 is Munfordville, Kentucky. The tractor-trailer was traveling South when it crossed the median into the northbound lanes of I-65 and struck the passenger van. The northbound lanes were shut down, as was one of the southbound lanes for the accident-reconstruction team.
The tractor-trailer hit a rock embankment and burst into flames, killing the driver. It appears as if all of the other fatalities were occupants of the passenger van, which was carrying men, women and children, according to reports.
Shawn Cantley, a Kentucky injury attorney who handles trucking accident cases [click here for attorney profile and contact information] commented: "I just heard from my partner, Will Nefzger, who is driving past the accident scene on his way to Memphis, and he said that there is a cable median barrier in that part of I-65. The barrier, which is designed to prevent deadly head on collisions, must not have been strong enough or high enough to stop the tractor-trailer. I'm interested to see what the accident reconstruction concludes about this and will be watching this closely."
