A New Castle man faces numerous charges in connection with a wrong-way collision on Interstate 70. The Wayne County Dispatch broadcast a report of a pickup eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-70 around the 149-mile marker exit Thursday night. Shortly after 10:50 p.m., officers received a report of a collision at the 148-mile marker.

Indiana State Police trooper Andy Wandersee arrived along with Wayne County deputies to find the driver of a red Ford Ranger had fled the scene. The pickup, heading the wrong direction, had struck two vehicles nearly head-on with the debris damaging a third vehicle, a tractor-trailer, police said.

The driver of the pickup was located a short time later, hiding behind the Indiana State Police Scale House at the 148-mile marker westbound. Arrested was Archie Napier, 42, of New Castle.

He and a second driver, whose identity was not available from police, were taken to Reid Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Napier was treated and released from Reid before being booked into the Wayne County Jail at about 4:45 a.m. Friday.

Napier is charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury, a Class D felony; operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury, a Class D felony; operating while intoxicated with a blood-alcohol content of .15 percent or higher, a Class A misdemeanor; reckless driving, a Class B misdemeanor; and operating while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor.

A three vehicle accident Thursday afternoon backed up traffic on Highway 62 for about 20 minutes. The McCracken County Sheriff’s Department said the accident occurred at around 4:34 pm on Blandville Road near the Information Age Park when 57-year-old Suzanne Yarboro of Arlington, KY rear ended a car driven by 37-year-old Teri Wentworth of Paducah, who then rearended a truck driven by Paul Housholder of Paducah. All of the drivers refused treatment and transport by ambulance. Yarboro’s and Wentworth’s vehicles were towed from the scene.

Two vehicles collided in Lee County, Kentucky killing four people. Kentucky State Police are reporting the accident occurred Wednesday morning on Kentucky 11 near Beattyville. According to reports, Alan Marcum was operating a Chevy Blazer when his vehicle lost control, left the roadway and drove into the parking lot of the Bobcat Restaurant. From there the vehicle struck the left front side of another vehicle, crossed into the northbound lane of KY 11 and entered another parking lot where it sideswiped a utility pole and went airborne over an embankment. The vehicle traveled 120 feet past the embankment until it struck a tree. Marcum and all three passengers in the vehicle, Ronnie Herald, Sabrina Daluisio and Jeremiah Freeman were all killed in the collision. The KSP is reporting that none of the passengers appeared to be wearing seatbelts.

All too often the drivers of a vehicle loses control resulting in these types of tragedies. As most state highways do not have methods in place to prevent such cross over collisions, vehicles will only stop once they have caused considerable damage. In such severe cases as this, it is often times difficult to determine the cause of a collision. Obviously, the reconstruction efforts of the scene investigators is of critical importance for anyone seeking answers to the cause of the accident.

An early morning accident claims the life of a person in Madison County. Police say the driver of a Dodge Neon crossed over into the path of another car on Kentucky 1016 East of Berea, when the vehicles collided. The driver of the Neon was ejected from the car. That driver was then hit again by another vehicle headed East. The victim died at the scene. Police will release their name after their family has been contacted. Another driver was taken to the hospital for a leg injury.

We are starting to see a lowering of cross over type collisions on Kentucky’s roadways since the installation of cable barriers, however there are still fatal collisions on occasion, says attorney Finis Price with Kentucky Lawyers.  If you are involved in such a collision, it is imperative that you contact an attorney as soon as possible to ensure a swift and proper investigation of the accident takes place.  “You cannot always rely on what the police investigation tells you and the longer you wait the more evidence is lost,” says Price.

Kentucky State Police Ethan Shear was killed and Isaiah Fletcher, 16, was injured in a Russell County accident Tuesday night. According to reports, around 8:30 p.m., Shear crossed his Mustang into the path of a pickup truck heading in the opposite direction on KY-379. Though Shear died at the scene Fletcher was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  The driver of the truck, Stevie Chapman and an unidentified passenger were also transported to the hospital.  The Kentucky State Police continue to investigate the collision and are trying to determine the cause of the car accident.

Though the Kentucky State Police are investigating the cause of this collision, it is often times difficult to determine early on who is at fault.  It is important to hire an attorney early says Finis Price, an attorney with Kentucky Lawyers.  All too often police investigators officially say the cause of a crash is unknown yet our accident reconstructionist will tell us otherwise, says attorney Finis Price with Kentucky Lawyers.  ”Quick response is the key to ensuring all witnesses’ statements are recorded and an accurate picture of the events which took place are captured,” he says.

A Hopkinsville driver lost control of the vehicle he was driving on northbound I-65 injuring all inside the vehicle.  The car lost control trying to merge onto I-65 from the Western Kentucky Parkway near E-Town, leaving the roadway and overturning several times, trapping a 9 year old boy who was a passenger in the vehicle.

KSP arrived at the scene at approximately 9:43 am Sunday morning to find the pinned boy was ejected from the car. Driver Kenry Snorton, Jr., 56, apparently had lost control of the 2004 Dodge Durango he was driving. A witness rushed to assist the trapped boy and managed to lift the vehicle enough to remove the child.  Three children and two adults, Henry Snorton and Adia Snorton, suffered minor injuries and were transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital.

Initial reports say it appeared the boy slipped loose from a latched seatbelt during the crash and that a mixture of speed and wet roads may have contributed to the crash.

State authorities have reduced the slope at the top of the ramp and placed signage to warn drivers, particularly truckers as a result of numerous accidents in this area. And according to other officials, there has been talk of making additional safety improvements at the bottom of the ramp.

Though the Kentucky State Police believe they know the cause of this collision, it is often times difficult to determine early on who is at fault.  It is important to hire an attorney early says Finis Price, an attorney with Kentucky Lawyers.  All too often police investigators officially say the cause of a crash is unknown yet our accident reconstructionist will tell us otherwise, says attorney Finis Price with Kentucky Lawyers.  ”Quick response is the key to ensuring all witnesses’ statements are recorded and an accurate picture of the events which took place are captured,” he says.