LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The man facing charges in the August 28 deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 65 told police he was messed up on drugs and driving as fast as his truck would go.
Thomas Anthony Catalina, 43, of Manchester, Tennessee, has been charged with murder, assault, driving under the influence, failure to maintain insurance and wanton endangerment.
The crash happened in the southbound lanes of I-65 at the Kentucky Exposition Center just after 2:30 p.m. Witnesses say Catalina was driving a Dodge Ram pickup that was traveling over 100 miles her hour while going in the wrong direction.
Catalina’s pickup struck several southbound vehicles, including a car driven by Rajnu Masoud, 26, of Bowling Green. Masoud was killed in the crash. The collisions caused Catalina’s pickup to catch fire.
MORGAN, Utah (KUTV) — A wrong-way driver was killed and an infant was transported to the hospital after their vehicle struck an oncoming semi truck on a Morgan County highway Saturday morning.
Officials of the Utah Department of Transportation said this incident occurred just after 7 a.m. on Jan. 6 when a Sedan was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes on Interstate-84 near milepost 100 in Morgan County.
A semi truck was reportedly traveling eastbound in the same location and was unable to avoid the Sedan.
The two vehicles collided head on, and the driver of the Sedan was killed on impact. Authorities said that an infant was also an occupant of the Sedan and that a deputy was able to safely remove them from the vehicle before the child was transported to a nearby hospital.
The driver of the semi truck was not injured.
Officials did not report any reason as to why the Sedan was traveling in the wrong lane.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The man facing charges in the August 28 deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 65 told police he was messed up on drugs and driving as fast as his truck would go.
Thomas Anthony Catalina, 43, of Manchester, Tennessee, has been charged with murder, assault, driving under the influence, failure to maintain insurance and wanton endangerment.
The crash happened in the southbound lanes of I-65 at the Kentucky Exposition Center just after 2:30 p.m. Witnesses say Catalina was driving a Dodge Ram pickup that was traveling over 100 miles her hour while going in the wrong direction.
Catalina’s pickup struck several southbound vehicles, including a car driven by Rajnu Masoud, 26, of Bowling Green. Masoud was killed in the crash. The collisions caused Catalina’s pickup to catch fire.
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