Kentucky State Police confirm that a double fatal crash in Winchester was caused when an elderly man was temporarily blinded by another driver’s high beams.
It happened after 10 p.m. Tuesday night at the intersection of Bypass Road and Colby Road. Officials say the elderly man was driving when a car came behind him with their high beams on. The light reflected in the man’s rear-view mirror and he was temporarily blinded. He told police he didn’t even see the car that he ran into.
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Both women inside that vehicle were killed. The Clark County Coroner’s office has identified the two victims as Sarah Helfrich, 62, of Richmond and Juanetta Mitchell, 35, of Berea.
Police will return to the site Wednesday morning to reconstruct the scene to try to get a better idea of what happened.
No charges are expected to be filed.
