Barricade situation closes section of Kentucky highway
GRAEFENBURG, Ky. (FOX 56) — Police said a vehicle pursuit turned into a barricade situation on Wednesday near Green Wilson Road.
Kentucky State Police said the pursuit turned into a barricade situation when a suspect fled into a home near Kentucky Highway 151. Around 7:45 p.m., the highway near the Anderson-Franklin county line was closed between Interstate 64 and Green Wilson Road.
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Police said the scene is contained and nobody is injured.
Drivers are asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes, including U.S. 127, I-64, and Green Wilson Road.
neighbors tell us a shutdown of this scale is unlike anything they've seen before.
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