CINCINNATI — An intoxicated 16-year-old driving the wrong way on the Brent Spence Bridge crashed into another car, shutting down all southbound lanes early Friday morning, court documents said.
The crash happened at approximately 3:45 a.m. when the juvenile drove down W 5th Street traveling in the wrong direction before going up the off-ramp into the I-75 southbound lanes, the documents said.
According to the court documents, the 16-year-old crashed head-on into another vehicle on the bridge.
There were five people in the juvenile's car, Lt. Justin Bradbury said. According to the police, four of the passengers were taken to multiple hospitals for "injuries ranging from minor injuries to broken bones."
The passenger in the other vehicle was taken to St. Elizabeth with minor injuries, police said.
The documents said 18-year-old Alexis Truett, one of the passengers, gave her car to the 16-year-old to drive, knowing he was intoxicated. She's been charged with the following:
- Assault (complicity)
- Providing motor vehicle to drunk or drug addict
- Criminal mischief (complicity)
- Wanton endangerment (complicity)
The bridge was shut down for approximately an hour after the crash.
Truett is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing at 1:30 p.m. on April 2.
Police said the juvenile will also face charges.
Since 2015, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said there has been one other wrong-way crash on the Brent Spence Bridge, according to data obtained by the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety. It occurred in 2021 and no injuries were reported.
"Improving safety for all road users is a priority of this administration," KYTC said in response to Friday's crash. "Last month, Kentucky announced a $9.5 million pilot program aimed at detecting and deterring wrong-way incidents by alerting the wrong-way driver, other drivers and emergency responders."
The program will focus on select ramps in Fayette County beginning this summer before deploying to other locations starting this fall. Kentucky’s Wrong-Way Driving and Integrated Safety Technology System will use cutting-edge computing and detection. Additionally, the system will improve existing intelligent transportation systems to monitor and detect other safety concerns related to pedestrians, debris and halted vehicles on the roadway.
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