Ky. State Police remind people to stay off roads after man dies in crash involving cruisers
Kentucky State Police reminded people to stay off snowy, slick roads Tuesday after two state police cruisers were hit while responding to another crash. A motorist died in the second collision.
Two Kentucky State Police troopers were at the scene of an early morning crash on Interstate 65 near Horse Cave when a tractor-trailer lost control and struck their two cruisers just before 8 a.m., said Kentucky State Police spokesman — and trooper — Daniel Priddy. The two troopers were taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries and have since been released from the hospital.
One person involved in the second crash on I-65 died, Priddy said.
State police said they had responded to a non-injury crash at about 6:30 a.m. in which a commercial vehicle was blocking two of the three lanes on I-65 northbound near the 59 mile marker in Hart County.
Two troopers were parked with their emergency equipment activated as a tow truck in front of them worked to move the commercial vehicle.
At about 8 a.m., state police said Maninder Singh, 23, was northbound in the center lane when he lost control of the 2015 Volvo he was driving. The Volvo hit both state police cruisers, the tow truck and the commercial vehicle it was removing and another commercial vehicle that was in the right lane, state police said.
Singh, of Richmond, N.Y., was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said.
Collision reconstruction investigators were looking into the crash, Priddy said.
Earlier Tuesday morning, state police reported that all roads in the area covered by Kentucky State Police Post 3 were slick and unsafe. The post includes Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Warren and Simpson counties.
This story was originally published February 16, 2021 at 1:26 PM.
