LOUISVILLE, KY - Worth Haney, of Silver Lake, died in Loiusville, Ky. Monday after attempting to aid a woman and her child involved in a car accident.
According to Louisville police, a woman in a Mazda Protege was driving northbound on I-65 near I-265 in Louisville when she pulled in front of a police car with its emergency lights on.
The woman over-corrected to get out of the way of the police car and hit the median wall causing her car to overturn.
An infant child also was in the car.
Haney, 29, was southbond on I-65 in a semi-tractor trailer when he observed the accident.
According to Phil Russell, public information officer for the Lousville Metro Police Department, Haney pulled his semi over and attempted to cross the southbound lanes of traffic on foot while on his cell phone.
Haney was then struck by a Camaro in the left lane of southbound traffic.
Haney was transported to University Hospital in Louisville with life-threatening injuries and died around 4 p.m. Monday.
The woman and her child also were transported to University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The names of the woman, child and driver of the Camaro were not made available.
