Louisville Car Accident

Two officers involved in crashes in one day

By: Rachel Collier - rcollier@fox41.com

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB Fox 41)--Police are on the hunt for a black SUV that fled the scene after causing an LMPD officer to crash. Two accidents in just one day send two metro officers to the hospital.

The pictures of the wreck Thursday morning near Cardinal Boulevard speak volumes. The police car does not even have a front end, and the engine is exposed. Tires were pulled off, the windshield is cracked, and the hood is crumpled up like a piece of paper.

Amazingly, the female officer is doing fine. Police say the officer was going southbound on fourth street Thursday morning. A black SUV going northbound swerved in front of the officer .

The female officer swerved to miss hitting the car and hit a pole, instead. The black SUV fled the scene. "It's just anything that anybody could offer as far as information. The vehicle did not stop and did not render aid," said Klain.

It is not the only officer-involved crash in the last two days. Wednesday night around 11:30, a metro officer was driving an unmarked police car, and collided with another car at the intersection of Caldwell and Preston streets.

Both drivers were treated and released from University Hospital. Seeing the damage is a grave reminder of how officers put their lives on the line every day.

"Some officers put 100-150 miles on their car every day. We're constantly reminded with the different incidents that have happened recently that this is a very dangerous job," said Klain.

If you have any information on that black SUV, police ask you to call 574-LMPD.

Kentucky Nursing Home Wrongful Death Defendant in Choking Case ...

A nursing home in Carlisle, the county seat of Nicholas County, is being investigated by the state Attorney General's Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control pursuant to a "Type A" citation sent to it by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

The citation relates to an incident that occurred last year at the Johnson Mathers Nursing Home in which a resident choked to death while eating. The conduct of a nurse at the facility is being questioned, and the resident's estate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the home.

Both the state citation and the wrongful death complaint state that the nurse witnessed the resident struggling, but did not immediately come to her assistance. Rather, she left the patient alone and did not notify any other workers at the facility. Instead, she spent 15 - 20 minutes cleaning a suction machine used to help choke victims, even though Johnson Mathers maintains a clean suction machine at all times for emergency use.

The complaint further alleges that, after cleaning the machine, the nurse took as much as 10 additional minutes to get back to the patient. Attempts to clear the choking were unsuccessful, and the nurse pronounced the resident "gone" to other staff members.

In fact, the patient was not dead. She died shortly thereafter in the emergency room of an adjoining hospital.

In addition to the wrongful death lawsuit, a criminal action could also commence. Investigators at the Attorney General's Office are currently considering whether to forward the matter to local prosecutors.

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