COLD SPRING, Ky. — The Campbell County Crime Scene Unit was dispatched to a critical injury crash Sunday evening, around 6 p.m., in Cold Spring.
The crash, involving a Subaru Forester and a semi tractor trailer occurred in the 4000 block of Alexandria Pike, near the intersection of St. Michael Drive. The semi tractor trailer hit and chipped part of the lower concrete wall on Alexandria Pike, drove up a hill, and came to a stop in the Bob Evans parking lot.
The Central Campbell County Fire Department responded to the crash in minutes. They had to extricate a juvenile.
“We did have an entrapment of a subject in a smaller vehicle and we had to use our extrication equipment to extricate the victim from the vehicle. It took us 5 to maybe 7 minutest to have that person extricated and on their way to the hospital," said Fire Chief Dan Schultz.
He said the juvenile was taken to UC Medical Center where they're currently in critical condition.
A witness of the accident, Hunter Fangman, said the juvenile was unconscious when witnesses went to check on them.
He added he was almost involved in the accident, "we hear a loud bang and as I look up, I can see a semi pushing a car towards us."
Fangman said he swerved to avoid the vehicles and drove to Bob Evans. He parked his car and ran to check on the driver of the semi.
“So, we open up the door, he’s still conscious very [shaken] up, very worried about the vehicle, and how they were doing, so we rushed down to the other vehicle where we could see the accident," he said.
Police are still investigating the crash. It's unclear if speed is a factor, but people who work in the area say cars speed on Alexandria Pike all the time.
“My concerns are the speeds of the tractor trailers specifically they all drive way too fast right through here. This traffic light right here is very dangerous everybody seems to run the light," said Christy Board who has worked on Alexandria Pike for nearly two decades. “I’ve seen so many cars run through there and it’s just top speeds. School Zone and when the lights are flashing nobody seems to abide by the speed limit and they’re all driving too fast everyone is just in such a hurry."
Schultz noted they do respond to quite a few minor accidents on Alexandria Pike.
“We do. Fortunately a lot of them on Alexandria Pike or US-27 are minor in nature are a little bit slower speed because of the traffic, but we do have our fair share through here," he said.
Police said the crime scene unit did respond to this crash. They said they are the reconstruction team, which is called in whenever there is a severe injury or possibility for loss of life.
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