Overview
- A single-vehicle rollover on I-71 North on Friday evening sent a woman over a guardrail and ejected her from the car; she was taken to UofL Hospital in critical condition.
- Later the same evening a separate collision near Zorn Avenue involved an SUV and a construction truck and left a man with non-life-threatening injuries who was also taken to UofL Hospital.
- Police and MetroSafe reported lane and shoulder blockages that caused backups near Zorn Avenue and urged drivers to use alternate routes while crews worked to clear the scenes.
- LMPD’s Traffic Unit is treating the rollover as a distinct incident and has not released a cause for that crash; no arrests, citations, or mechanical causes have been reported in initial statements.
- Local responders say multiple incidents on the same corridor strained emergency resources and could delay clearance times, so officials expect ongoing traffic impacts and will provide updates as the investigations progress.