***UPDATE*** GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (July 29, 2024) – Troopers with Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 1 are continuing an investigation of a multi-vehicle collision that claimed the lives of three (3) and resulted in the closure of I-24 westbound in Livingston County for several hours.
Preliminary investigation revealed a 2022 Kenworth truck with a 2011 Great Dane semi-trailer, operated by Mansur Kholikov, 24 years old of Brooklyn, NY, was traveling westbound on I-24. Traffic was slowed near the 32 mile marker westbound, approaching the construction zone at the Tennessee River Bridge. For reasons still under investigation, the truck operated by Kholikov did not slow with the rest of traffic, colliding with multiple other vehicles and causing secondary collisions involving a total of five (5) other vehicles. One involved vehicle was fully engulfed in flames upon arrival of first responders. It has been determined that there were three occupants of that vehicle, Saundra Dodd, 68 years old of Evansville, IN, along with two children. All three occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene. Two occupants of other vehicles involved were flown to out of state hospitals by Air Evac. Additional involved occupants were transported to local hospitals. Kholikov did not report any injuries.
This collision remains under investigation by KSP Detective Nate Moore with the Post 1 Collision Reconstruction Team. KSP Post 1 was assisted on scene by multiple other law enforcement agencies, fire/rescue departments, EMS personnel, and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
