02-06-2025
Crash in Meade County leaves 1 dead, 2 fighting for life in hospital
BRANDENBURG, Ky. (FOX 56) — A crash in Meade County on Saturday night led to a 20-year-old Battletown man being killed, with a passenger in his car and the driver of another vehicle flown to a Louisville hospital in critical condition.
Troopers with Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 4 in Elizabethtown were dispatched around 11:15 p.m. on Saturday by the Meade County Sheriff's Office, which asked for help investigating a two-vehicle crash near the 4100 block of Payneville Road.
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An initial investigation showed that Robert Eldridge, 20, of Battletown, was driving a 2014 Ford Mustang heading west on KY-144 when he tried to pass another car before allegedly hitting a 2025 Toyota Tacoma driven by John Kay, 44, of Louisville.
Eldridge was pronounced dead at the scene by the Meade County Coroner's Office. Kaw and a passenger in Eldridge's car were flown to the University of Louisville Hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, per a news release.
The area of the crash was closed for several hours to allow troopers to reconstruct what happened.
An investigation into the deadly crash remains ongoing.
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