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(Warsaw, Ky.) - Charges have been filed after a fatal crash in Gallatin County.
According to Kentucky State Police, Josh Hodges, 31, of Florence, has been charged with Manslaughter 2nd Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, and Criminal Mischief 1st Degree for his role in a deadly crash on January 17 on U.S. 42 near Warsaw.
Hodges was at the wheel of a speeding vehicle that failed to stop for police. During the pursuit, Hodges wrecked his vehicle into a concrete wall, injuring himself, his front seat passenger, and killing Shanda Withrow, 54, of Hamilton, Ohio.
On the night of the collision, Hodges was charged with Fleeing or Evading Police 1st Degree, in addition to multiple traffic offenses.
A 35-year-old Madison man died and a 23-year-old Madison man was injured in a two-vehicle accident on US 421 north of Madison Sunday night.
Robert Ray Goins was pronounced dead at the scene while Nathaniel T. Farris was seriously injured and transported to an area hospital for medical treatment after the vehicles they were driving collided just south of the entrance to the former Jefferson Proving Grounds shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Police and EMTs were dispatched to the crash at 7:08 p.m.
Indiana State Police Accident Reconstructionists were requested to assist in the investigation due to there being a fatality and a serious bodily injury in the collision.
Woman dead after police pursuit in Warsaw A woman is dead after a police pursuit ended in a fatal crash in Warsaw early Sunday morning. (Source: FOX19 NOW/file) By Maggy Mcdonel | January 17, 2021 at 8:55 PM EST - Updated January 17 at 8:55 PM
GALLATIN COUNTY, Ky (FOX19) - A woman is dead after a police pursuit ended in a fatal crash in Warsaw early Sunday morning.
KSP says they were called to a scene around 1:20 a.m. after Warsaw PD had attempted to stop a car on US 42 for speeding. The car did not stop and, during the pursuit, missed a curve and hit a concrete wall.