A Radcliff man is dead following a Sunday crash in Breckinridge County that came after a police chase.
The Kentucky State Police says at approximately 5:30 p.m. on March 10 a trooper was conducting speed enforcement on KY-313 in Meade County when a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed went by. The trooper initiated a traffic stop but the operator of the vehicle refused to stop.
The pursuit continued onto KY-333 before entering Breckinridge County. The pursuit ended when the fleeing vehicle crossed the centerline near the intersection of KY-333 and McDonald Lane and into the path of an oncoming vehicle.
The operator of the fleeing vehicle, identified as 51-year-old Rodney Richards of Radcliff, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Breckinridge County Coroner’s Office. The driver of the other vehicle was flown to the University of Louisville Hospital and a 14-year-old passenger in that vehicle was flown to Norton Children’s Hospital, both with life-threatening injuries.
The KSP Critical Incident Response Team’s investigation of the crash is ongoing.
