Truck carrying horses crashes into plane at Blue Grass Airport, driver in hospital
A truck driver is in the hospital after crashing into an airplane at the Blue Grass Airport Thursday morning.
The tractor-trailer truck hit the side of a Tex Sutton airplane, causing the Boeing 727 wing to go through the cab of the truck, airport spokeswoman Amy Caudill said. The severity of the driver’s injuries was not disclosed.
The truck was on the ramp after it picked up horses arriving from San Bernardino, Calif.. The airport allows trucks and horse trailers onto the ramp when horses arrive to get them straight from the plane to the horse trailer, Caudill said.
There were three people in the back of the truck who did not sustain any injuries, Caudill said. She also said that to her knowledge, the two horses on the truck were fine as well.
The airport responded to the crash and transported the driver to the hospital, but airport operations have not been impacted because horse transports occur in an area away from the terminal, Caudill said.
This story was originally published March 12, 2020 at 9:41 AM.