A single-vehicle crash near Iron Works and Mount Horeb pikes in Lexington sent multiple people to the hospital Thursday afternoon. Police officials said the injuries were non-life-threatening, though the road was temporarily shut down as crews worked the scene.
According to WKYT, a utility-style vehicle ran off the road in the area near the two pikes. The outlet reported that multiple people were sent to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, citing police officials, and that the Lexington Police Department was called to the scene.
The road was shut down in the aftermath of the crash but has since reopened, per the same report. Beyond the location, the number of people hurt, and the type of vehicle involved, few other details about Thursday's crash have been made public.
A Stretch of Road With a Troubled History
Thursday's crash is not the only recent incident to snarl traffic along Iron Works Pike. In a separate crash reported by Fox 56 News, a vehicle struck a utility pole near Mount Horeb Pike, and a mother and infant managed to escape the car before crews arrived. Both were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and officials said all lanes had reopened by around 2 p.m. after one lane had been blocked due to damaged electric utilities.
A head-on collision between a car and a box truck at 2353 Iron Works Pike, between Mount Horeb Pike and Russell Cave Road, left the car's driver declared dead at the scene, according to Lexington police Lt. Dan Truex as reported by Kentucky.com. That stretch of road was closed and later reopened, and the Collision Reconstruction Unit took over the investigation.
Another Crash Farther South on the Same Pike
Further south on the pike, a crash at the intersection with Georgetown Road left two people with critical injuries who were taken to an area hospital, LEX18 reported. That crash prompted officials to shut down all lanes toward I-75 as of 4:30 p.m. The separate incidents underscore how often Iron Works Pike has turned up in local crash reports, even though nothing ties them directly to Thursday's wreck.
A Reddit post in the r/lexington community, titled simply “Iron Works Pike this morning,” also referenced the corridor, though the post's full contents and engagement were not independently verified. As of Thursday afternoon, no further details had been released about the cause of the latest crash or the condition of those hospitalized.
