| I-71/75 Erlanger, Kentucky: FedEx jack Knives into Police Cruiser: as a police cruiser is checking the welfare of occupants of a vehicle that crashed into the median due to icy roads, a second vehicle slams into the cruiser and spins it around into the middle lane facing oncoming traffic. Soon thereafter you can see a FedEx tractor trailer jack knife into the police cruiser. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * On I-71/75 last night, the freezing rain and snow lent to a horrific scene straight out of a movie in which an out-of-control double tractor-trailer slammed into a helpless compact car. The freezing conditions last night left more than 100000 power customers without power, but it also created the kind of road conditions that led to the crash. With the release of cruiser cam video today, one can now witness sheer terror through the cruiser cam of Erlanger police officer Bill Allen. The events that led up to the disaster were small notes which led to the horrible crescendo. "Both Officer Eagler and I noticed that the road was very slick," Officer Allen told 9News. Just before the crash, Allen and probationary officer Doug Eagler had responded to the scene of a single car spinout. "As we approached the vehicle, we both heard a noise -- turned around and looked -- and saw another vehicle strike the back end of our cruiser," said Allen. The driver in that car was 20-year-old year Ashley Walker, whose bruises now show on her neck her seatbelt restraint. "I seen the ... |
