Three people were injured after a sign fell on an occupied car at a restaurant in Elizabethtown on Thursday afternoon.
The incident occurred at the Denny’s at North Mulberry Street around 1:30 p.m., according to Elizabethtown Police spokesman Chris Denham.
Witnesses state wind blew the Denny’s sign from its post, causing it to hit a car in the parking lot.
Police confirmed the car was occupied by three people, two adult women and one adult man, at the time. Denham said the occupants needed to be extracted from the vehicle by the Elizabethtown Fire Department and Hardin County EMS.
According to Elizabethtown Police spokesman Chris Denham, a 72-year-old woman who was transported to University of Louisville hospital in critical condition later died at the hospital.
The two other people inside the car were taken to Baptist Health Hardin with unknown injuries.
Investigation is ongoing by the Elizabethtown Police Department as well as the City of Elizabethtown’s Planning Department.
Source: WAVE
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