Elizabethtown police say the large restaurant sign fell from a pole during high winds, crushing a car carrying three people.
The accident happened at approximately 1:30 p.m. at the Denny’s on Mulberry Street in Elizabethtown, just east of I-65, WDRB in Louisville reported. Two women and one man were in the car when the sign fell from atop a pole onto the car.
All three people had to be extricated, according to WDRB. A 72-year-old woman was transported to University of Louisville Hospital with critical injuries, but she later died.
The Jefferson County Coroner identified the woman as Lillian Curtis, according to WDRB.
A family member told WDRB the three family members were traveling home to Columbia and had stopped at the Denny’s when the accident happened.
Wind is believed to have been a factor in the accident.
WLKY in Louisville reported that wind gusts reached 50 miles per hour at the time of the accident.
Source (WLKY)
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