Two injured in rush-hour crash near hospital on busy Lexington road; traffic disrupted

Outbound Harrodsburg Road was shut down for more than an hour Wednesday morning at Bob-O-Link Drive in front of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lexington after an injury collision involving two vehicles, police say.

The crash occurred a little before 8 a.m. at the 1600 block of Harrodsburg Road, where a woman was traveling inbound when a vehicle stopped in front of her. As the woman swerved her vehicle to avoid a crash, she went into oncoming traffic and hit a car head-on, according to Police Lt. Andrew Daugherty.

Drivers of both vehicles were taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Daugherty added.

Harrodsburg Road reopened around 9 a.m., according to the Lexington Traffic Management Center.

This story was originally published January 16, 2019 at 8:24 AM.