ELIZABETHTOWN, KY. (THECOUNT) — Kimberly “Analiese” Linder has been identified as the John Hardin High School senior killed in a crash on Interstate 65 over the weekend.
According to Kentucky State Police, Linder was operating a vehicle traveling southbound on I-65 around 11:30 Sunday morning, when for unknown reasons, she exited the roadway, struck a guardrail before attempting to re-enter I-65.
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Linder’s vehicle then collided with an International semi-truck owned by TPS Industrial Services, according to reporting by WAVE3.
Linder’s vehicle was struck by Ross’ in the passenger side.
She was transported code 3 to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
The truck driver, identified as Christopher Ross, 22, of Brownstown, IN, was not injured in the crash.
Hardin County Schools superintendent Teresa Morgan released the following statement following the news of Linder’s death:
“Our hearts are heavy this morning in learning about the loss of a John Hardin High School student over the weekend. Kimberly Analiese Lindner passed away after suffering injuries in an automobile accident on Interstate 65 in Hart County. She was a JHHS senior.
Analiese was a tremendous student with an extremely bright future. She was pursuing her high school diploma and her associate’s degree in our Academy @ EC3 program through our Hardin County Schools Early College and Career Center and our partnership with Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.
She was loved and adored by her family, friends, teachers and all of those with whom she made contact. Her potential was unlimited and she was on her way to success in whatever career field she would have chosen.
The weight that Analiese’s family now bears is overwhelming. This unspeakable, sudden and unexpected loss has shaken them and the John Hardin High School family to the core. Students at EC3 from Central Hardin High School and North Hardin High School and ECTC students were also friends with Analiese. We encourage our community and the rest of the HCS family to keep these families in their thoughts and deepest concerns.”
No one was cited at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing.
Geo quick facts: Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, and was estimated at 29,906 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2016, making it the 11th-largest city in the state – Wikipedia.