Reports are indicating that 10 individuals have been killed in a head on collision on I 65 near Munfordville Kentucky this morning. Initial information indicates the tractor trailer also involved, crossed the median into oncoming traffic and a passenger van carrying the now deceased individuals was struck head on by the tractor trailer.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/26/kentucky.wreck/index.html?hpt=T1 (http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/26/kentucky.wreck/index.html?hpt=T1)
http://www.wlky.com/news/22963109/detail.html?hpt=T1 (http://www.wlky.com/news/22963109/detail.html?hpt=T1)
Wow! Sounds like maybe he/she fell asleep. I just hope those poor people didn't know what hit them.
No kidding! Video footage I've seen thus far show debris scattered over a very wide portion of the freeway in that area. It appears they hit at very high speeds. . . :spooked:
Driver fatigue came to my mind immediately as well. . . :spooked:
The death toll in this accident has now been upped to 11; with one being the driver of the tractor trailer, and the balance being men, women, and children of a Mennonite family on their way to Iowa.