A driver has died after being thrown from a semi-truck in a crash on the Watterson Expressway on Thursday afternoon, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department.
All westbound lanes on the interstate near the exit to Brownsboro Road are closed and won t open for about two more hours, LMPD spokeswoman Alicia Smiley said.
LMPD s Eighth Division officers and Traffic Unit responded to the single vehicle crash just before 4:30 p.m. The driver of the semi-truck had struck a guardrail and sign for an undetermined reason just before the Brownsboro exit, Smiley said. The truck veered back onto the roadway where the driver was ejected, she said. The truck went on to cross the grassy median going into the WB lanes of the Watterson crossing the shoulder and coming to rest in the tree line.
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Editor s note: The above video is from coverage before the victim s death was reported.
A teenage boy has died following a shooting in Louisville s St. Denis neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell said officers responded to a shooting on the 4500 block of Trumpet Way at around 3:45 p.m. When they arrived, they located a 14-year-old boy who had suffered a gunshot wound.
The victim was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital where he later died. Very tragic.another young person suffering like this, Mitchell said.
Who is Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly?
Mattingly, a Louisville native, grew up in the Portland neighborhood of the city’s West End. His father was the pastor at Shawnee Baptist Church on Bank Street, and he went to the church’s school, Northside Christian Academy.
Mattingly, 48, was sworn in as a Louisville police officer in 2000, and sworn in as a sergeant in 2009, according to his personnel file.
He worked in multiple divisions around the city and spent three years in the now-defunct VIPER Unit Violent Incident Prevention, Enforcement and Response which targeted hot spots of violent crime and Louisville s most wanted criminals.
Louisville Metro Police officers responded to a reported shooting in the 4500 block of Trumpet Way at about 3:45 p.m., department spokesman Dwight Mitchell said.
At the scene, officers found the boy suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital, where he died from his injuries, Mitchell said.
LMPD s Homicide Unit is investigating. There are no suspects.