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Too many tragedies on rural byways

WE CAN EITHER SLOW DOWN OR FLATTEN THE PAVEMENT

When I heard about the crash on the "roller coaster road" that killed two young people, I thought: Oh, no. Not again. I've been driving Dry Ridge Road in Woodford County for more than 30 years, usually while squeezing the steering wheel and hoping somebody wouldn't pop over a hill and hit me head-on.

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The case of a man accused of leaving the scene of an accident in which a University of Kentucky student was killed April 13 has been sent to a grand jury. Shannon D. Houser, 36, who has pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and tampering with physical evidence, appeared in court Thursday morning. UK freshman Connie Blount, 18, was crossing South Broadway at West Maxwell against the traffic signal about 2:30 a.m. when she was hit by a truck going south on South Broadway. Blount died...

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A man was found dead Tuesday night in a burning vehicle in Jessamine County, Kentucky State Police said. Late Wednesday authorities said they were investigating the death as a murder. The Jessamine County Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire about 8 p.m. Tuesday on Hunters Ferry Road, and firefighters found the man's body after extinguishing the blaze, state police said. Further examination of dental and medical records is needed to identify the body, state police said.

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