The Carrollton bus collision is remembered less as an isolated crash than as a public-safety failure with consequences far beyond one stretch of Interstate 71. A drunk wrong-way driver, an older bus design, and limited emergency exits converged in a case that reshaped how Kentucky and national safety advocates talked about impaired driving, school-bus standards, and accountability after mass-casualty crashes.
Carrollton bus collision
closedUSMay 14, 1988 — December 21, 1989
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