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New Cable Barriers in Hardin County Could Prevent Semi Accidents

Two cable barriers will be installed in Hardin County to help prevent median crossover collisions. 

Dave Lawson lost his daughter and wife on March 19, 2008 in a tragic accident.  Lawson’s wife and twin daughters were driving southbound on I-65 between Munfordville and Elizabethtown when a northbound pickup truck hydroplaned across a grassy median and slammed into their van.  Jennie Maradey, one of the twin girls, survived the crash.

Within weeks of the fatal crash, Lawson met with state and county leaders from throughout the area to push for immediate installation of a cable median barrier.  He cited traffic data and reports of other fatal crossover crashes and even created a website promoting his cause. 

Three months after the crash, Governor Steve Beshear announced a $10 million project to install 44 miles of cable median barriers and another 20 miles of concrete median barriers along most of I-65 through Barren, Hart, Bullitt and Hardin counties.  Lawson’s efforts paid off.

According to Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet, a total of 16 miles of cable barrier will be installed in Hardin County and 28 more miles will be installed in Bullitt, Jefferson, LaRue, Hart and Barren counties, along I-65.

Andrea Clifford, KTC spokesperson for Louisville district, commented that cable median barriers have prevented more than 400 median crossovers since being installed on I-265, I-64 and I-71.  Even though barriers are not designed to stop semi trucks, they often do.

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