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SubscribeStarting Monday, February 16th, the ramp from I-65 North to I-64 West will be closed for approximately four months. It is scheduled to reopen in June.
The closure is part of the Ohio River Bridges Project. The current ramp will be completely demolished and rebuilt. The new ramp will link the three overpasses that are currently under construction.
It is estimated that this ramp sees approximately 11,000 vehicles every day. To prevent traffic problems, the suggested detour is for drivers on I-65 N will be to take I-264 to I-64. This detour will be posted on the highway.
Watch the Louisville Dispatch Traffic Report for updates on changing area traffic patterns.
Source: Bullitt County EMA Facebook
Bullitt County EMA’s Deputy Director Les Bandy’s vehicle was involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident after one of the Ford Expedition’s tires dropped off the road, sending it airborne. Bandy, 58, was heading home, driving westbound on Highway 44 near West Point when he crashed around 5:30 p.m. yesterday.
Officials report that blinding glare from the sun may have been a factor in the crash.
Emergency crews had to extricate Bandy from the vehicle before transporting him to University Hospital. Bandy had suffered head trauma and was unconscious as he was taken to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries shortly after midnight.
A police escort will accompany the 10 a.m. procession from University Hospital as Bandy’s body is taken to Owen Funeral Home in PRP.
Bandy will be missed by his friends and family – including members of the emergency management and EMS family.
Jefferson County Public Schools bus #0842 was involved in a multi-vehicle crash this morning, sending 18 to the hospital.
Around 8:20 a.m. today the bus, carrying 36 students, was rear-ended by a semi truck at Cane Run Road and Clarinet Drive before the bus, in-turn, collided with the back of a Shively police vehicle. Uninjured students were taken to the bus’s destination of the Lees Lane Bus Compound while 18 people, including the driver of bus 0842, were transported to area hospitals.
Twelve students were taken to Kosair Children’s Hospital while five students and the driver of the bus were taken to Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital.
Miller Transportation bus involved in head-on collision. (photo: Bullitt Central student/parent)
A charter bus taking 29 Bullitt Central cheerleaders and three coaches to the Cheer National Championship competition in Orlando was involved in a head-on collision near exit 259 on interstate 75 near Atlanta overnight.
Early reports indicate that a suspected drunk driver going the wrong direction may have been the cause of the collision, which happened around 2 a.m. this morning. The involved bus was one of four traveling from local schools. After determining that there were no injuries, the Bullitt Central students and coaches were placed on other buses
The Miller Transportation bus was part of a group of four buses from various schools (including Bullitt East and Larue County). Davis says the Bullitt Central students and coaches were checked at the scene for injuries, then placed on the three other buses, which continued on to the Orlando competition.
Reports are that that the unidentified female driver of the car that hit the bus was up and walking following the collision.
Metro Police arrested 40 year-old, Orlando Wise, for selling marijuana and heroin through the drive-thru at the Rally’s on Dixie Highway in Valley Station.
Over the course of several days, Louisville Metro Police had watched Wise and finally caught him in the act. Police found prepackaged heroin and marijuana as well as cash. A search of him home on Grafton Hall Road revealed more evidence.
Wise has a criminal history and this is not his first arrest for the sale of drugs.
Louisville Metro Council President Jim King died at age 63 late Wednesday night after battling an undisclosed illness since last November.
King was just re-elected to his fifth term last week, during a Council meeting which he missed. Council Spokesman Tony Hyatt said that this is the first time that such a situation has occurred, so it is unclear at this point who will succeed King at the helm of the Metro Council.
King was first elected to serve as Councilman for District 10 in November, 2004 and took his oath of office in January, 2005 and was first elected President of the Council in 2008. He was also Chair of the Committee on Committees and the Committee of the Whole and, as President, he served as an ex-officio member of all Metro Council Committees.
King was also head of King Southern Bank as well as the father of 30th District Court judge Katie King.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
At 11:15 AM, a fire was reported in the 7000 block of Wildwood Circle in the Fern Creek area of Louisville. Two people and a cat were rescued from the building. Everyone is expected to be okay. Around 50 people are currently being displaced due to the gas and heat being shut off. They could be displaced for at least a week. Investigators believe the fire started in a kitchen where someone was boiling eggs.
An hour later and a couple of miles away, the Park at Hurstbourne Apartments was on fire. At least five different departments sent firefighters to help battle the blaze. The cause of this fire is still under investigation and there were also no injuries. A total of 36 people are being rehoused into empty apartments within the complex.
