A DEADLY WEEK ON KENTUCKY ROADS LAST WEEK AS STATE POLICE SAY NINE PEOPLE DIED IN EIGHT SEPARATE CRASHES ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS FROM MONDAY, MARCH 8TH THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 14TH. ALL OF THE CRASHES INVOLVED MOTOR VEHICLES AND SEVEN OF THOSE VICTIMS WERE NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS.
SINGLE-FATALITY CRASHES OCCURRED IN BOONE, FAYETTE, HARDIN, JEFFERSON, LINCOLN, MCCRACKEN AND WHITLEY COUNTIES. ONE DOUBLE-FATALITY CRASH OCCURRED IN CLAY COUNTY AND ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT IS SUSPECTED AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
THROUGH MARCH 14TH, STATE POLICE SAY THAT 114 PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON KENTUCKY ROADWAYS DURING 2010. THIS IS 31 LESS FATALITIES THAN REPORTED FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2009.
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