radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: May 14, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 05/14/26          AN 81-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK MONDAY MORNING IN HART COUNTY. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 8:24AM ON SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY NEAR HORSE CAVE.           TROOPERS SAY A FORD F-250 DRIVEN BY 38-YEAR-OLD JOHN MCBRIDE HIT THE REAR OF THE CARRIAGE. SARA MILLER LATER DIED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL, WHILE MELVIN MILLER WAS FLOWN TO LOUISVILLE FOR TREATMENT. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.          WRECKING CREWS ARE IN THE MIDST OF TEARING DOWN HILLTOPPER HALL AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.            THE SIX-STORY DORM—WHICH COST 40 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD—WAS PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN EARLY 2024 AFTER ENGINEERS DISCOVERED CRITICAL DESIGN FLAWS, INCLUDING A POTENTIAL 19-INCH SWAY IN HIGH WINDS.          THE STUDENT LIFE FOUNDATION DETERMINED TEARING DOWN THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BUILDING WAS MORE COST-EFFECTIVE THAN ATTEMPTING REPAIRS. DEMOLITION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MID-AUGUST.