As a retired Army officer, I can sympathize with the family of the Fort Knox wife who was killed in a fatal car accident in the Dixie Highway on Monday, June 14, 2010.
According to the Courier-Journal story, 39 year-old Tina Christie of Fort Knox was struck and killed Monday night after she pulled her van off the highway and got out of her van. Although it is reported that the other driver did not see her and that no charges are expected to be filed, the family should still take the police report to the Fort Knox Legal Assistance Office for a JAG review to discuss their options or contact a personal injury attorney. Just because there are no criminal charges does not mean there is no civil liability since Kentucky has comparative negligence. If for no other reason, a legal review of options should assist survivors in reaching some form of closure and answer lingering questions.
Here is the Courier Journal story:
A woman who was killed Monday night after being struck by a van in the 12000 block of Dixie Highway in southwest Jefferson County has been identified as 39-year-old Tina R. Christie of Fort Knox.
Christie was struck after she pulled her southbound van off the road and then exited the vehicle for an unknown reason.The driver of another southbound van apparently did not see her and struck her, said Dwight Mitchell, a Louisville Metro Police spokesman.
Christie was pronounced dead at the scene about 10:40 p.m. and died from multiple blunt force injuries, said Sam Weakley, a Jefferson County deputy coroner.
Weakley said Christie and her husband had just relocated to Fort Knox from Greenville, S.C.
There were three children inside Christie’s van and no charges are expected to be filed against the driver of the other van, police said.
