WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.120 Thank you, Joe. It is six o four here Kentucky. 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:04.519 This Morning News with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight 3 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:07.839 forty WHAS take us with you wherever you go this morning. 4 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:11.880 Listen live on the iHeartRadio app. Also listen live at 5 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:15.519 WHAS dot com. I do want to remind folks this 6 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:20.280 started last week, but we are now into phase two 7 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:23.640 of the routine inspections on the Clark Memorial Bridge, and 8 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:28.199 with Phase two starting today, this is actually when traffic 9 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:30.440 is more so expected to be an issue. So if 10 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:35.520 you're somebody that commutes across that bridge, Clark Clark Memorial 11 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.840 expects some delays and look, if I'm wrong and the 12 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:42.359 delays weren't there, then good. But it was something that 13 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:44.640 they wanted to point out that when Phase two starts, 14 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:48.560 which again today June sixteenth, that's when apparently the inspectors 15 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:51.039 are going to be climbing the bridge's steel trust to 16 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:55.119 examine the upper steel beams, and apparently that will cause 17 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:56.799 more of a delay because of what goes into that. 18 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.399 So just be prepared and if you have, you know 19 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:01.960 your you've got a way. And I remember last week, 20 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:04.400 whenever we talked about this, I was acting as if 21 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:06.879 there's all kinds of different routes you can take, and no, 22 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:09.239 there's actually not, because there's only a few bridges when 23 00:01:09.239 --> 00:01:12.760 it comes to getting to Kentucky and Louisville. So just 24 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:15.480 keep that in mind, folks. You've also, as you could expect, 25 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:19.239 talked a lot about the assassination that took place on 26 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:22.480 Friday and a near one that took place as well 27 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:26.719 not long after it, and just just an absolutely tragic situation. 28 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:28.319 And we did talk with Rio and Nei a little 29 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:33.719 bit earlier. And I shouldn't feel this way, but there's 30 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:37.719 nothing this suspect could say that would in any way 31 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.599 make anything. I mean, it's part of me says no. 32 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:43.200 I don't want to hear anything. There's nothing he could 33 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:46.000 say that that would justify what he did by killing 34 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.879 two people and attempting to kill two others. But I 35 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.840 am intrigued to kind of hear, you know what, what 36 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.760 led to somebody being just this awful and insane. I 37 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:58.280 think we have some ideas as far as what the 38 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:01.599 motive is. But if you ever found yourself being interested 39 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:05.359 in true crime to you know, my daughter loves those 40 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.240 and I've never felt bad about it, and I don't overall. 41 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:11.840 But you know, there's there's part of me that at 42 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:15.000 times like, well, maybe we're giving this awful person what 43 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:18.319 they want. They get this level of attention and notoriety, 44 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:21.319 obviously for terrible reason, but I don't think they really 45 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:23.039 care when it comes to, you know, some of the 46 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:25.280 things that that that that they end up doing. But 47 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:28.879 if he talks, we'll we'll we'll get I guess what 48 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.479 led to him going to that, going to that? I 49 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:33.400 heard that extreme. 50 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.840 I heard some reports yesterday coming out that this guy 51 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.199 was sort of talking to his neighbors and there were 52 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:41.800 some red flags that were put up at that point. 53 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:44.599 But you don't know what makes people ticket. It's a 54 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:46.159 classic example, you don't know what goes out. I was 55 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:48.439 thinking about that was out cutting the grass Saturday. We'll 56 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:50.639 get around my neighborhood. You just don't know what's going on. 57 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:52.759 Yeah, who you never know, And then the minute you no, 58 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:54.719 you know what's going on in somebody's head, you never know. 59 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:57.240 I mean, you just never know. Yeah, And you mentioned 60 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.520 red flags. I mean, I would imagine it's probably one 61 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:03.319 of those things that it's a tough spot to be 62 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:05.159 in if you feel like the red flag was there 63 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:07.039 but you didn't realize it was a red flag until 64 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:07.719 it's way too late. 65 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:07.879 Right. 66 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.560 I'm sure that happens all the time, right every time. Yeah, 67 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:12.319 you know what, that was kind of odd. That person 68 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.439 was behaving really weird. I didn't think much of it, 69 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:17.240 you know, thought about it for a few seconds, and 70 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:18.919 then I just never thought about it again. And then 71 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:21.000 you have something. And it's not to say that those 72 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:23.240 people feel any way responsible, but if they do feel 73 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.120 as if well, I don't know, maybe I should have 74 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.520 said something that would be that'd be tough. But I 75 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.319 think some things that are red flags, it's almost impossible 76 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:33.159 to know in real time one what somebody's actually going 77 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:36.240 to do, but also that that would actually be the 78 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:38.800 red flag. It's just it's wild. 79 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:39.639 You know. 80 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:43.520 We've seen some of our neighbors some different behavior that 81 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.479 comes about, and sometimes they're just different, that's who they are. 82 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:48.520 But it harkens back to the day as I was 83 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:52.439 listening to some of the accounts yesterday. If you see something, 84 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:56.159 say something, Yeah, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter anymore, 85 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:57.439 just go in and speak up. 86 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:01.120 Also, something else we touched on earlier, the protest that 87 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:03.759 took place all across the country. Louisville had one of 88 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:07.360 those as well, the No Kings protest. And I'm sure 89 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:10.919 we have many listening that are on one complete side 90 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:12.960 and others that are on the exact opposite side as 91 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.399 far as what they think about these protests. But what 92 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:19.079 I ask is, can't we all agree that despite around 93 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:23.800 four thousand people showing up in downtown Louisville, different places 94 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:27.319 throughout you even had some smaller protests that took place 95 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.560 in the Highlands near Barchtown Road by mid City Mall, 96 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:32.920 yet some just across the river in New Albany Jeffersonville 97 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:36.600 as well. So I can't speak for the Southern Indiana 98 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:38.639 aspect of it. But when it comes to the downtown 99 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:42.680 presence again, they estimated around four thousand, and it looks 100 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:44.720 like it took place from about noon to four pm, 101 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:48.079 and once four pm hit it concluded and throughout the 102 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:51.639 entirety of it there were no arrests. That's about all. 103 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:53.759 I mean, that's best case scenario, given the fact that 104 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.399 regardless of what you think of these protests, people were 105 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:58.000 still going to be able, people were still going to 106 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.120 do it like it wasn't like we were going It 107 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:00.839 wasn't like it was going to be prevent it from 108 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:02.959 happening at all, and they have the right to do 109 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:05.839 it peacefully. And you know, I'm sure if you were 110 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:08.199 there on site, you may have your money, you may 111 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:10.199 have your opinion on what's peaceful and what's not. But 112 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:13.160 law enforcement was clearly there a lot of presents from 113 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:18.160 LMPD and they didn't see anything that was an arrestable offense. 114 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.319 So again, I feel like that's best case scenario, to 115 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:22.000 be honest with you, especially when you look around the 116 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:23.920 country elsewhere. That's not the case in a lot of. 117 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:27.240 Places, absolutely, And you know, I just like, like we 118 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:31.279 heard with the pool in the way, the city's on 119 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:33.720 top of this now and I just think, there's this 120 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:35.759 and I tiped my head to the mayor. You can 121 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:37.879 say what you want about the mayor. I'm political atheist. 122 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.439 I have no allegiance anywhere. The mayor and the LMPD 123 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:43.439 and in the city as a whole are collectively working 124 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:45.959 together to kind of keep this stuff contained. Let's home 125 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:48.839 it stays that way, but they're taking action, and I 126 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:51.319 think that's what the citizens of Louisville and the city 127 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:52.920 have demanded for the longest time. 128 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:55.879 I feel like Louisville leadership, at least right now given 129 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:58.639 and I'm talking about what's taking place really in the 130 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:01.519 last few weeks specifically. I mean, I think they're doing 131 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:05.560 a good job of balancing for everyone involved, those who 132 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:08.120 completely you know, for both sides, and I hate to 133 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.680 say that it's this side that side, but let's be real, 134 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:13.240 it is. We've never been more divided than we are 135 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:15.759 right now. It seems so all right, what I want 136 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:17.040 to get to coming up here in just a few 137 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.240 minutes after we get our next update on traffic and weather. 138 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.480 The Kroger here in Louisville that was that was shut 139 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:25.920 down is expected to reopen today. But never a good 140 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:29.240 thing whenever you get shut down by Louisville Metro Department 141 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:34.120 of Public Health for rodent infestation. So we'll talk about that, 142 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:36.279 and Morgan, your next update of traffic and weather's right 143 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:41.000 now right here on New's Radio eight forty whas six fifteen. 144 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:44.040 Hereuckyains Morning News with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight 145 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:49.480 forty whas. So this was in one of the earlier newscasts, 146 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:52.319 and I'm sure if you're somebody that frequents this store, 147 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:54.759 then you're well aware of what's going on. But the 148 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:59.000 Kroger location on Gauss Avenue, I guess near the Schnitzelberg 149 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:04.079 Germantown area was closed down. Actually is that it's Goss's Avenue? 150 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:04.519 Is that? Yeah? 151 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.720 Someone I go to. I go to this one during 152 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:07.040 the week. 153 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:09.360 So they were closed down over the week and expected 154 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:12.759 to reopen today. And it was because they had multiple 155 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:16.519 failed health inspections by the Louisville Metro Department of Public 156 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:20.399 Health and Wellness. They were flagged for pest control and 157 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:26.240 sanitation issues, rodent infestation. Apparently there were rodents. I mean, 158 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:29.439 just it sounds like they've done what's needed to be 159 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:31.600 able to get the green light to reopen, which is 160 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:34.720 certainly good. But I'd be a liar if I said 161 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:39.639 this wouldn't impact my future trips to this location. Scott, 162 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:43.319 you go to this location? Are you? Are you still 163 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:43.800 going to die? 164 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:44.240 I don't know. 165 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:47.439 I was there Friday, and because usually Friday I go 166 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:49.480 stock up on my lunch stuff for the week, and 167 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:52.319 I'm good, and I walked in. I noticed they had 168 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.920 an aisle that I frequent was closed down and they 169 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:57.879 had curtains around it, and I thought maybe this was 170 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:01.360 just something that that they they do a cleaning for 171 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:03.759 you know, they pull sections aside and they do cleanings. 172 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:05.480 I can get home. It's on the news. Mark goes, 173 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:06.879 don't you go there? 174 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:09.000 And I said, yeah, I was just there today, and 175 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.480 she goes, you didn't see this, and I said, yeah, 176 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:13.959 I didn't know what it was for. And the store 177 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:16.600 was still packed on Friday. It wasn't keeping people away. 178 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:19.240 I guess that the city comes in and says it's okay, 179 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:23.279 I'll get because the stuff I buy, like, let's be honest, 180 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.480 if anything looks tampered with, I'm not buying it. 181 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:27.519 Can I tell you where the road and infestation was 182 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:30.199 found and we'll see if it's something you buy. Because 183 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.679 there were three aisles closed Friday, there was. 184 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:34.159 One that I wanted to go down then. 185 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:35.840 And then they ended up shutting the whole place down 186 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:38.200 before they get they're going to reopen this morning. But 187 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:41.200 the three aisles at the Gulf Avenue Kroger were closed 188 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:45.200 Friday after they found evidence of rodent infestation and these 189 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.519 The statement from the Health Department said that they discovered 190 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:51.559 evidence of a rodent infestation in three aisles that included 191 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:56.480 bread and pasta products. So was that what you were no, Okay. 192 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:58.720 No, I go down the condiment aisle because I love 193 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:01.360 my hot sauce. Okay, and so, but that is right 194 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.000 next to the bread ale because luckily, I'm I'm a 195 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:05.679 pretty low carb kind of guy. 196 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:06.799 I don't need a lot of bread. 197 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:10.039 This is uh wow, kroger Is. I mean there's kroger 198 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:11.720 Is all over the place. I mean, they're a very 199 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.679 very successful business, so I doubt this is going to 200 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:18.080 be some huge issue for them moving forward. No, but 201 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.000 it is a black eye when it comes to you 202 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:24.440 having to shut down for this specific reason. And I 203 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:27.240 don't I have no clue what others are going to do. 204 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:28.759 And I'm certainly not telling you what to do. You 205 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.320 can do whatever you want. I'm not even the most 206 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:32.919 like put it this way to give you a level 207 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:35.159 of sort of where I am as far as trusting 208 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:39.519 if things are clean and not tampered with and that 209 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:43.679 kind of stuff, like if something is lightly expired, I'll 210 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:45.960 probably eat it and not and not think about it 211 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:48.200 for a second. If that makes me a disgusting human being, 212 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.240 I'm sorry, just being honest with you. But when I 213 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:54.840 hear that there's just these two words rodent infestation, even 214 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:57.480 if you do everything you can to prove you could break, 215 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:59.600 you could tear the place down and rebuild it. I 216 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:01.679 think road infestation is going to always be in my 217 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:03.279 mind when I think of that kind of thing. 218 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:05.919 Dude, you it makes you wonder how many more of 219 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:07.559 these are in places that haven't been. 220 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:09.559 So you don't want to know? I know, right well, 221 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:11.120 think about this, you know, how do you know how 222 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:15.960 many businesses similar meaning maybe not maybe not just grocery 223 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:19.320 store types of places, but just like there's businesses that 224 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:21.679 are sweating because they're like, uh oh, yeah, we know 225 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:23.919 we've got some roadent issues going on, and we're doing 226 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.480 our best to bandage it and not let it get 227 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:29.399 to this level. But I just think those two words 228 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:31.200 road and infestation is going to turn a lot of 229 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:33.960 people off. Also when it gets to the point that 230 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:37.840 you you had to be shut down by the Louisville 231 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.879 Metro Public Health and Safety because of how bad it was. 232 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.480 It's just it's tough, it really is. John. Would you 233 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:46.080 would you would this if this was a store that 234 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:48.559 you frequented, would you no longer frequent? 235 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:51.559 I would at the very least stay away from it 236 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:54.240 for a little while to make sure that no other 237 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:57.720 similar stories arise over the next probably month is probably 238 00:10:57.720 --> 00:10:59.200 at least the amount of time I would give it. 239 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:01.279 I know my wife wouldn't want me shopping there for 240 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.440 at least some amount of times. So, and there's plenty 241 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:05.440 of other places I could shop at, so I definitely 242 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:06.480 wouldn't be going to it. 243 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:09.320 There's a lot of different types of rodents. But I mean, 244 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:10.840 it's got to be rats, right, I mean. 245 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:13.600 I shouldn't say it sounds like, Okay, I don't know that, so. 246 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:15.840 Don't you know? But when you when you consider the 247 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:20.759 animals that are in the like in that in that world, 248 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:23.360 I mean, the only one I could think of that 249 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:25.360 would be there would be rats. And I'm and not 250 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.679 only are those disgusting animals in my opinion, they scare me, 251 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.360 like they freaked me out right where I go. That 252 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.279 place is opening up at nine o'clock. If I went 253 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.759 in there today, I would be like walking on my 254 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:38.440 tiptoes looking around thinking I'm gonna stay. Just that's more 255 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:41.519 so just me being a weirdo about how gross rats are. 256 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:45.000 But yeah, road infestation, that didn't it just sounds awful. 257 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:46.840 I could go because we had a we had mice 258 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:48.679 in our home, and I could go on all day. 259 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:50.080 But there were times I didn't tell all that. There 260 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.759 was one time I found a household snake in one 261 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:56.600 of our mice traps. Mouse traps. I did not say 262 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:58.240 a thing to my wife. Well, I talked about it 263 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:00.440 on the show somebody would go to church with. 264 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:02.039 So you later got outed. 265 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:04.320 She said it right in front of him. 266 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:06.039 My man had a couple of beers and decided to 267 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:08.440 disclose this in front of my wife. I'm like, appreciate you, bro, 268 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:11.080 thank you. But I'm not as creeped out by mice. 269 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:15.480 Well, I mean was she Was she happier that you 270 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:16.159 didn't tell her? 271 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:16.720 Yeah? 272 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:17.000 She was. 273 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:17.559 That's good. 274 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.559 But because she didn't tell her for good reason. Yeah, 275 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.799 she's like, I knew what you do to her. You 276 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:24.240 knew that you got it taken care of. There was 277 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:26.039 no benefit from her knowing, right. 278 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.799 It was creepy to see though at first. At first 279 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:28.240 I walked down. 280 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.919 I've got the chills right now thinking about snakes and rats. 281 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:34.799 I know you do. Yeah, now I don't mind mice. 282 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:35.679 I can do mice rat. 283 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.720 Yeah. Different world, different world, those two animals right there. 284 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:41.679 All right, we got an update of traffic and weather 285 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:43.320 coming your way right here right now, and news Radio 286 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:47.600 eight forty whas thank you, Joe. It is six thirty 287 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:50.039 four here Konsecuta's Morning News with Nick Coffee on News 288 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.720 Radio eight forty w h A S getting your week 289 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:55.799 started here. Hopefully you enjoyed the weekend a good Father's 290 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:57.840 Day week and it was for us around here, and 291 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:01.440 hopefully it was the same for you. Now this story 292 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:06.919 is it happened probably within an hour or so of 293 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:10.759 when we ended the show on Friday, So we're going 294 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:12.679 back a little bit, but it's certainly worth bringing up 295 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:18.960 because there was a scary and somehow miraculous ability to 296 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:21.320 avoid a disaster when there was the wreck that took 297 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:24.519 place on Friday morning around I think around ten am 298 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:26.799 there was a semi truck on sixty five near the 299 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:31.519 Kennedy Bridge that it ended up in a fiery crash, 300 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:37.279 where an eighteen wheeler on fire dangled briefly off of 301 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.720 an overpass before eventually falling. And not only was it 302 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.360 a wild visual to see, just think about these two 303 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:49.559 things together, a truck dangling off of an overpass near 304 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:53.960 the Kennedy Bridge also up in flames in a major way. 305 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.200 I mean, it looked like something you see in a movie. 306 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:59.639 But what I think is crazy, and I'm not indicating that, 307 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:04.600 like in any way there's any specific reason for this happening. 308 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:08.879 But there's now been three incidents very similar in the 309 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:12.399 last fifteen months or maybe actually less than that, roughly 310 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:17.440 thirteen months, we've had three separate incidents involving semi trucks 311 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:21.919 getting into an accident either on a bridge or on 312 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:25.000 an overpass to where they end up dangling off of it. 313 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:28.559 And again I'm not saying that there's like anybody specifically 314 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:30.919 as it fault. If there is any real consistency here, 315 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:34.840 it's probably people not monitoring their speed when they're in 316 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:38.639 certain spots. But think about how crazy that is. I 317 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:40.960 posted the pictures on my Facebook page if you guys 318 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:43.600 want to check it out. Nick Coffee is where you 319 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:45.840 can find it. Also on Twitter slash xit the card 320 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:47.879 connect And these aren't my photos by any means, but 321 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:50.120 just photos up to three different incidents. And it started, 322 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:54.759 of course back in this was in This was in 323 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:57.480 March maybe of twenty twenty four. This is the one 324 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:59.639 that made national news just because of the visual of 325 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:02.039 the It was that four vehicle crash that took place 326 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:06.039 on Second Street Bridge and you had that Cisco semi 327 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:11.360 truck just dangling and you had first responders there, fire 328 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:14.480 department that had to kind of kind of what do 329 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:16.759 you call it a repel off of the bridge and 330 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:18.320 get in there and save her. I mean, that was 331 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.399 that was insane to see the heroic act there and 332 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:24.200 just again it's the visual. I mean, there's a reason 333 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.240 why it ended up getting coverage live on CNN and 334 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:30.519 Fox and whatnot, because you got to get a look 335 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:32.840 at this. You won't believe it's a there's a semi 336 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:36.879 truck dangling off of a major bridge. So that was 337 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:39.279 a huge story. And then there's one that happened the 338 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.240 day after Derby May fourth of this year. This was 339 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.639 on I sixty five South at the Kennedy Bridge, and 340 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:48.759 you had something similar a wreck where straight up the 341 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:52.879 semi truck is dangling off. And then again we had 342 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:55.919 this on Friday. Again, I'm not bringing it up to 343 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:59.200 say somebody, you know, look, clearly they're gonna look into 344 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:01.559 this and figure out as best they can what they 345 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:04.399 can do to, you know, prevent this from happening. But 346 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:06.519 you know, and maybe they do find out that there's something, 347 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:08.559 there's something at fault when it comes to like the 348 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:11.000 roadway or whatnot. I'm just bringing it up because I 349 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:13.919 think it's insanely you know, what are the chances of 350 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.120 those kind of things happening? Ever, we've had it happen 351 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.559 three times and roughly a year and a quarter. 352 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:21.440 Well, and it was, like you, I saw those images 353 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:24.679 and it was just they look horrific, and so I 354 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.600 again started again. I love social media, and I started 355 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:29.399 reading some of the truckers that we're talking. I'd be 356 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:31.120 interested talking to some of the truckers. I'm working on 357 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:36.519 a story for that for Kentucky Focus. You know, there 358 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:39.720 are some there's a strong need for truckers. Are we 359 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:43.240 pushing them through the trucking courses too fast? Are we 360 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:47.200 allowing people to get behind rigs that maybe aren't qualified 361 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:49.559 or wouldn't have been qualified just five ten years ago 362 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:53.159 because we're trying to fill that shortage. Is this an 363 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:58.000 experience factor or because that's been there for a while. Yeah, 364 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.240 and it's only, like you mentioned, it's only been recently 365 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.879 we've had these incidences. So are we seeing more inexperienced 366 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.640 drivers taking that maybe a little too fast or what 367 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:09.119 negotiate the way they should. 368 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.400 When I think, well, it wouldn't be a shocker if 369 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:13.440 we found out that all of these incidents that took 370 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:16.400 place the you know, take away the fact that it's 371 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:18.000 a bridge and that it's a semi there's a lot 372 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:20.480 of different causes for an accident, right, I mean, you know, 373 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:25.279 there's probably not anything specifically tied that that is, you know, 374 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.839 there's probably not one specific thing that has led to 375 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:31.160 these three things happening happening separately, but it just makes 376 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:32.720 you wonder. I think a lot of people when I 377 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:34.400 posted the photos, it was a lot of people, you know, 378 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.680 basically saying that you know, the cities at fault or whatnot, 379 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:39.440 and look, maybe there are I'm not here to say 380 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:42.319 one way or the other. I wouldn't know. But anytime 381 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:45.559 these things happen, you do get comments from from the mayor. 382 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.799 This when the one that took place where the first 383 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.039 one that got again national attention at that point, Mayor 384 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:55.000 Greenberg noted that there's been ongoing discussions with KYTC about 385 00:17:55.000 --> 00:18:01.880 safety improvements, including epoxy surface treatment and replacing some areas 386 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:04.920 that it needed to be I guess upgraded. I guess 387 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:08.599 he's talking about the road specifically there and then here recently, 388 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:11.519 the latest one that happened, this one right after Derby 389 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:14.599 on May fourth, emphasized the ongoing collaboration once again with 390 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:20.119 KYTC to enhance safety in the area. So again, probably 391 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:22.480 information will never get and it may not even matter. 392 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:24.079 But now I'm thinking, Okay, when it comes to the 393 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:27.440 three separate incidents, what's the experience level of each truck driver? 394 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:31.960 Is that area an area they drive across frequently or 395 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:33.759 did they not know what they were getting into and 396 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:36.359 came in a little too hot. It's just and what's 397 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:39.960 wild is that what took place on Friday. I mean 398 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:43.880 the driver was able to escape before the fire happened. 399 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:46.519 There were no explosions. You know, there was no hazardous 400 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:49.640 materials in the because when it fell to the ground. 401 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:52.559