Few details were available after a person driving a KSP-registered vehicle struck and killed a man in Winchester.
Kentucky State Police investigators are looking into a crash involving a pedestrian and a State Police vehicle in Clark County. According to investigators, the crash happened on the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway. A preliminary investigation indicates a person was hit after he stepped into the path of a vehicle traveling east at the 4-mile marker. The person had life-threatening injuries after the crash. Emergency responders rushed him to a local hospital, but he did not survive.
The collision investigation is ongoing.
Pedestrian Injuries
Aside from frequent heat waves and cold snaps, the weather is generally mild in Kentucky all year long. Therefore, lots of pedestrians are usually outside. The increased traffic should make motorists more aware of pedestrians and prompt them to drive more safely. Alas, that usually isn’t the case. Some of the serious injuries pedestrians sustain in these collisions include:

Broken Bones: There’s a big difference between accidental fall-related broken bones and collision-related broken bones. Doctors usually have no problem setting minor injury broken bones. Doctors typically use metal rods and other parts to reconstruct serious injury broken bones. Because of the additional medical intervention, physical therapy for serious broken bones is longer, more painful, and more expensive.
Head, Face, and Neck Injuries: Since pedestrians have no protection from oncoming cars or trucks, injuries like  jaw fractures, skull damage, shoulder displacement, vertebrae injuries, neck injuries,lacerations, and concussions are very common.
PTSD: About half of car crash victims must deal with ongoing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is a physical injury, just like a broken leg or fractured skull. When people go through traumatic experiences, their brain chemistry changes. This chemical imbalance causes symptoms like depression, flashbacks, and anger. The Food and Drug Administration has only approved two PTSD treatment drugs. Others are available, but they often cause serious side effects.

Many of these injuries, especially head injuries, are difficult to diagnose and treat. So, a Lexington personal injury attorney connects these victims with doctors who focus on injury-related conditions. A treatment head start vastly improves the final results.
Officer-Involved Injuries
The sovereign immunity doctrine, which shields police officers and other officials from negligence actions, dates back to the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, it’s still on the books in Kentucky. 
A Kentucky personal injury lawyer can usually bypass the sovereign immunity doctrine and obtain maximum compensation if:

Reckless Behavior: Basically, recklessness is extreme negligence. In a car crash case, evidence of recklessness includes the time of day, the nature of the area (e.g. rural or urban), and the nature of the police emergency.
Policy Violations: This factor often applies in police chase injuries. It’s unclear at this point whether the above story involved this situation. At any rate, some law enforcement agencies have strong anti-chase policies. Other times, dispatchers issue instructions like “pursue with caution” or “do not pursue.”

In terms of officer-related injuries, wrongful shootings get most of the attention. However, according to a landmark study, “The number of [police chase] deaths each year far exceeds that due to any other police activity.”
Distracted driving is also an issue as well. Most police cruisers are basically mobile command centers. Officers must deal with a steady flow of information and operate complex systems while they drive. It’s very dangerous to multitask behind the wheel.
Your Claim for Damages
Officer-involved injury claims have some unique procedural aspects as well. Generally, a Lexington personal injury attorney must file a notice of claim before s/he files a legal action. Essentially, a notice of claim allows the defendant, which is usually a municipal government, to settle the matter quietly before it becomes public record.
If the defendant fails or refuses to make a reasonable settlement offer within about sixty or ninety days, depending on the jurisdiction, victims may file legal claims. The defendant in these claims is usually the government agency that employed the officer. According to the respondeat superior rule, employers are legally responsible for damages that their employees negligently cause during the course and scope of their employment.
These damages normally include compensation for economic losses, such as medical bills, and noneconomic losses, such as pain and suffering. Additional punitive damages are often available as well, in some extreme cases.
Injury victims are usually entitled to substantial compensation. For a free consultation with an experienced personal injury lawyer in Lexington, contact the Goode Law Office, PLLC. We routinely handle matters in Fayette County and nearby jurisdictions. The post KSP Trooper Runs Over 85-Year-Old Man first appeared on Goode Law Office, PLLC.