Kentucky State Police Post 4 troopers responded to a fatal collision in Hardin County early Friday morning (09/08).
Just after 3 a.m., Kentucky State Police Post 4 received a call from the Elizabethtown Police Department requesting assistance with a collision at the intersection of Highland Avenue and Valley View Drive in Vine Grove.
The preliminary investigation revealed that an Elizabethtown Police Officer attempted to stop a 2010 Ford Flex for speeding on North Dixie near Baptist Health Hardin. The Ford failed to stop and fled at a high rate of speed. The pursuit continued on North Dixie before turning onto Joe Prather Parkway and ending at the intersection of Highland Ave and Valley View Drive in Vine Grove after the driver lost control.
The investigation revealed the driver was a 15-year-old male juvenile. A 20-year-old passenger, Jamari Whitfield of Radcliff, was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Hardin County Coroner’s Office. The juvenile was transported by Hardin County EMS to the University of Louisville Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He was later released and lodged in the Warren County Regional Juvenile Detention Center, where he was charged with murder.
Kentucky State Police was assisted at the scene by the Elizabethtown Police Department, Hardin County EMS, and the Hardin County Coroner’s Office.
The collision remains under investigation by the Kentucky State Police.
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