A woman who was seriously injured in a crash on eastbound Interstate 264 in Louisville has died, days after investigators say a driver traveling at a high rate of speed lost control and rear-ended her vehicle. She died at the hospital Thursday, Oct. 29, according to police.
The crash happened in the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 24, near mile marker 3.5 on I-264 East. According to wdrbwave.com, officers were called to the reported crash just before 3 a.m. that day near Algonquin Parkway, while WHAS11 reported the collision occurred at about 2:50 a.m. near mile marker 3.5. Louisville Metro Police said officers responded to a crash in the eastbound lanes of I-264 near that location.
How the Crash Unfolded
Investigators said a man driving eastbound on I-264 at a “high rate of speed” lost control of his vehicle and rear-ended another vehicle traveling in the same direction, per the station's report. The impact caused the man's vehicle to roll over several times, while the other vehicle lost control and struck a guardrail and a commercial tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer driver stopped after the collision and was not injured; no other vehicles were involved, the same account notes.
The man was taken to UofL Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The woman driving the other vehicle was also hospitalized with serious injuries. She died from those injuries at the hospital Thursday, which wdrbwave.com reported as Thursday evening, while WHAS11's report attributed her death to police as occurring Thursday afternoon.
Investigation Still Underway
The woman has not yet been identified, and LMPD's Traffic Unit is now handling the ongoing investigation, per the outlet's account. The evidence available does not establish whether police have issued any citations or filed criminal charges in connection with the crash, nor does it provide a final determination of what caused the man to lose control of his vehicle.
The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety maintains a Daily Fatality Summary that tracks statewide highway-fatality totals and compares them to the same period in each of the previous four years, though no verified statewide total tied to this crash is available. I-264 has seen other fatal wrecks reported this year; wdrbwave.com separately reported in July on a man killed in a crash on I-264 whose identity was later released.
