Head-On Crash Injures Two Drivers

Two Princeton residents were injured on March 8, 2012, in a head-on crash on KY 293 in Caldwell County, the West Kentucky Star reports.  Two small children in one of the cars apparently escaped injury. 

The crash occurred around 4:15 p.m., as Angela Harp, 27, of Princeton, was heading south on KY 293.  Near mile marker nine, in wet weather conditions, she lost control of the vehicle she was driving and crossed into the northbound lane, colliding head-on with a northbound vehicle driven by Ross L. Kaiser, 55, of Princeton. 

Kaiser saw the oncoming car, but told state police he was unable to avoid being hit.  The car driven by Kaiser came to rest partly in the roadway, facing north.  The vehicle Harp was driving ended up off the west shoulder, facing west. 

Kaiser was treated and released from Caldwell County Emergency Room.  Harp was also taken to Caldwell County Emergency Room, but later she was transported to Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville for further treatment.  Both drivers were wearing seat belts at the time of the accident. 

Harp’s two children were taken to Caldwell County Emergency Room, where they were treated and released.  At the time of the crash, both children were secured in child safety seats. 

As Kentucky personal injury lawyers, we are glad and relieved that both children apparently escaped serious harm in this crash.  We wish them and their family the best, and send our thoughts to their mother, Angela Harp, and the other driver, Ross Kaiser. 

We are also glad that all the individuals involved in this car crash were using safety restraints, including car safety seats for the children.

Seat belts are a major factor in protecting drivers and passengers from injury or death in a car accident.  In a Feb. 9 news release, the Kentucky State Police noted that of the 64 people who died in vehicle crashes so far in 2012, 31 of them were not using safety restraints.

Once again our Lexington car accident lawyers point out the importance of wearing proper safety restraints when traveling the KY highways.  We urge all car occupants to buckle up before going anywhere.