Highway Fatalities Down

{Frankfort, Kentucky}…Preliminary statistics indicate 16 people died in 15 separate crashes on Kentucky's roadways from Monday, November 26th through Sunday, December 2, 2012. One double-fatality motor vehicle crash occurred in Floyd County. Two single-fatality motor vehicle crashes occurred in Pulaski County. One single-fatality crash also occurred in each of the following counties: Crittenden, Graves, Hopkins, Jefferson, Knott, Livingston, Lyon, Montgomery, Trigg and Webster. One bicycle rider was killed in Hardin County, and one pedestrian was killed in Jefferson County. Through December 2nd, preliminary statistics indicate 678 people have lost their lives on Kentucky roadways during 2012. This is four fewer than reported for this time period in 2011.