{"id":56512,"date":"2026-03-02T09:23:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/?p=56512"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:23:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:23:37","slug":"p4-3-1-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/news\/p4-3-1-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky State Police Investigate Fatal Collision In Bullitt County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (March 1, 2026)<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 4 is investigating a two-vehicle fatal collision that occurred on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at approximately 7:34 p.m. at the intersection of KY 44 East and Watergate Drive near Mount Washington in Bullitt County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The preliminary investigation indicates a Toyota Tacoma, operated by a juvenile, was traveling westbound on KY 44 East when, for unknown reasons, the passenger-side tires dropped off the right side of the roadway onto a steep shoulder. The operator overcorrected, causing the vehicle to cross the centerline into the eastbound lane and into the path of a Ford Escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Toyota Tacoma struck the Ford Escape head-on, causing the Ford to travel down a small embankment and overturn onto its roof, where it came to final rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operator of the Ford Escape,&nbsp;<strong>Sarah Weisman, 27, of Shepherdsville<\/strong>, was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Bullitt County Coroner.&nbsp;The juvenile operator of the Toyota Tacoma was not injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Shepherdsville Fire Department, Mount Washington Fire Department, and Bullitt County EMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trooper Scott Wheatley and Detective Brad Holloman responded to conduct collision reconstruction. Detective Holloman is continuing the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (March 1, 2026)&nbsp;\u2013 The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 4 is investigating a two-vehicle fatal collision that occurred on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at approximately 7:34 p.m. at the intersection of KY 44 East and Watergate Drive near Mount Washington in Bullitt County. The preliminary investigation indicates a Toyota Tacoma, operated by a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":39589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,57],"tags":[159,93],"class_list":["post-56512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ksp-news","category-post-4","tag-fatal-collision","tag-post-4"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-Article-Graphics-Fatal-Collision-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56513,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56512\/revisions\/56513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}