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The accident happened just after 2:30 p.m. as emergency crews were working at the scene of an earlier accident when a red SUV lost control and struck several people. A Louisville Metro EMS worker and a Middletown firefighter were injured. Both workers have been taken to University Hospital for treatment. Their conditions are not known at this time.
Shortly before that accident, another crash at Taylorsville Road and Taylorsville Lake Road resulted in the death of one person.
The call came into MetroSafe at 2:10 p.m. Arriving emergency crews found three vehicles involved in the crash, a GMC pickup, a Dodge pickup and a Pontiac Grand Am. The lone fatality was an elderly man, the driver of the GMC pickup. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A second person, the driver of the Dodge pickup, was taken to University Hospital for treatment. The driver of the Grand Am was not injured. Police believe that speed and weather conditions played a factor in the crash.
A third crash on Dixie Highway in the Kosmosdale area sent one person to University Hospital for treatment.
The LMPD Traffic Unit has advised WAVE 3 that current precipitation is causing some roadways to become slick. In some cases, overpasses and bridges are starting to freeze over. Drivers are advised to reduce their speed an use caution while traveling this afternoon.
