Fiery Vehicle Crash Shuts Down AA Highway in Wilder

FTM file. Photos provided to Fort Thomas Matters by Robert Brockman. 

It was like a scene from a movie.

Robert Brockman, from Dayton Kentucky, said he was traveling on the AA Highway in Wilder passed the McDonald's when he looked up an saw smoke billowing from about a quarter of a mile away.

"We came around the corner and it was there. (The crash) had just happened. So you know me I have to get close," he said.

Brockman captured pictures of a fiery crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car that sent one person to the hospital and shut down highway on January 25.

The vehicles collided on the AA Highway near Town Drive at about 1 p.m. Both vehicles caught fire.

Brockman said he believes he know what happened.

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"The car ran a red light and hit the (tractor-trailer) and it exploded," he said. Brockman also said he believe both drivers were okay, but no official word from Wilder Police has been issued.

The northbound lanes reopened at about 2:30 p.m. It took nearly another hour to clear the southbound lanes.

See some of the amazing picture Brockman has shared with Fort Thomas Matters below:

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