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Woman killed while running from deputy on I-75
Posted On 06 Jun 2010
Cassandra L. Byrd was killed Saturday night when she was hit by a vehicle as she from police on Interstate 75.
According to Kentucky State Trooper Don Trosper, public affairs officer at Post 11 in London, Byrd, 31, of Lexington had been pulled over by a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy near the 6-mile marker about 10:20 p.m.
In trying to run from the deputy, Byrd crossed into the path of a 2005 Honda Pilot driven by Lawrence Jutzi of Florence.
Byrd was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kentucky State Police Trooper Greg Hill is continuing the investigation.
He was assisted at the scene by the Whitley County Coroner’s Office, Whitley County Sheriff’s Office, Williamsburg Fire Department and Whitley County EMS.
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Police officers are responsible for their prisoners, until they deliver them to a correctional facility. This should NEVER have happened. Sloppy police work. But that’s the norm for Williamsburg. Maybe when the new Sheriff takes over in January, things will change for the better. Hell, they can’t get any worse. The Hodges are having a bad year. Boo hoo.
ben hodge the sheriffs son was the arrestin deputy i just dont get why he would have put her in own the drivers side of the car knowing it was the closest side to traffic most cops would have put her in on the passenger side an supposdly u cant get out of the back of a cruiser or so i thought or hand cuffes for that matter makes ya wonder an the fact the bens father didnt want the state police called ppl make ur on opion what do u think happened
Who was the arresting deputy? We’ve been told who was killed, who the driver was that hit her, and who is investigating the case. So, why not tell us who the deputy was?