Two 12-year-old boys were struck by a car along Glass Avenue in Hopkinsville on Monday afternoon as they crossed the street to go to football practice. Hopkinsville Fire and EMS responded to the vehicle-versus-pedestrian collision just before 3:40 p.m. near the school, and both boys were taken to the hospital with what responders described as minor injuries.
According to a Hopkinsville Fire/EMS Facebook post, the vehicle was traveling westbound on Glass Avenue when it struck the two juvenile males. Fire and EMS crews transported both patients to Jennie Stuart Medical Center, and the department said the boys were alert and talking to responders before they were taken away. School employees contacted the boys' guardians, and the Hopkinsville Police Department is investigating the collision.
Hopkinsville Fire/EMS Captain Payton Rogers said responders were dispatched around 3:40 p.m. to Glass Avenue, and that school officials sent out a safety alert to Christian County Middle School families following the crash, according to Christian County Now.
Why So Many Kids Were on Glass Avenue
Christian County Middle School's official handbook requires that all student pickup and drop-off activity happen exclusively through the Glass Avenue entrance in front of the building, with students not involved in after-school activities required to leave campus by 3:45 p.m. every day. The boys were crossing the street to go to football practice when the crash occurred.
Glass Avenue is near Christian County Middle School, where Monday's collision occurred.
Staying Alert Around Pedestrians
Drivers should exercise caution around pedestrians, particularly near schools.
Both boys were brought to Jennie Stuart Medical Center.
Part of a Troubling Statewide Pattern
Monday's crash adds to a grim backdrop of pedestrian danger on Kentucky roads. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's 2024 Traffic Collision Facts report recorded 707 people dead in 659 fatal public-road collisions statewide in 2024, a decline from 814 fatalities in 2023. Even with that drop, pedestrians continue to bear an outsized share of the risk: research compiled by the Kentucky Transportation Center found 1,090 pedestrian collisions statewide in 2023, causing 125 deaths and 873 injuries, meaning pedestrians made up more than 15 percent of all traffic deaths that year despite being involved in less than 1 percent of crashes, according to the Dickman Law Office.
