{"id":103973,"date":"2025-08-23T09:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/103973\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T09:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:58:35","slug":"1-dead-1-hospitalized-after-work-truck-falls-into-ravine-in-boone-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/103973\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead, 1 hospitalized after work truck falls into ravine in Boone County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOne person is dead and another is in the hospital after a work truck crashed into a ravine Thursday in Boone County.According to dispatchers, the crash happened just after 7 p.m. along Lawrenceburg Ferry Road when officers responded to an industrial crash.According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, the company involved, Road Safety Systems LLC, were contracted to install guardrails in the area. The sheriff’s office said a worker was operating a freightliner from its rear control panel when for unknown reasons, the truck backed over an embankment and overturned, pinning him.The worker was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as Robert Kinsella, 42, from Hopewell Junction, New York.During the incident, the freightliner also hit a second person. That person was flown to the hospital where they’re currently listed in stable condition with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The Boone County Sheriff\u2019s Office is continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident.This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk.Sharing brings us closer together. If this story happened near you, share this article with friends in your area using the WLWT mobile app so they can read along with you. The WLWT app is available for free in Apple\u2019s App Store and on Google Play.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it\u2019s safe to do so at www.wlwt.com\/upload.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tPETERSBURG, Ky. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a work truck crashed into a ravine Thursday in Boone County.<\/p>\n

According to dispatchers, the crash happened just after 7 p.m. along Lawrenceburg Ferry Road when officers responded to an industrial crash.<\/p>\n

According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, the company involved, Road Safety Systems LLC, were contracted to install guardrails in the area. <\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said a worker was operating a freightliner from its rear control panel when for unknown reasons, the truck backed over an embankment and overturned, pinning him.<\/p>\n

The worker was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as Robert Kinsella, 42, from Hopewell Junction, New York.<\/p>\n

During the incident, the freightliner also hit a second person. That person was flown to the hospital where they’re currently listed in stable condition with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. <\/p>\n

The Boone County Sheriff\u2019s Office is continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident.<\/p>\n

This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk.<\/p>\n

Sharing brings us closer together. If this story happened near you, share this article with friends in your area using the WLWT mobile app so they can read along with you. The WLWT app is available for free in Apple\u2019s App Store<\/a> and on Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it\u2019s safe to do so at www.wlwt.com\/upload<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a work truck crashed into a ravine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[69268,50028,69267,4,450,15441,22334,13794,39021,451,48171,38961,3,23373,15686,13690,13546,452,453,34986,34982],"class_list":{"0":"post-103973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-aircare","9":"tag-app-store","10":"tag-boone-county","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breakingnews","13":"tag-crash","14":"tag-dispatch","15":"tag-friend","16":"tag-google-play","17":"tag-headlines","18":"tag-hearst","19":"tag-medical-helicopter","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-petersburg","22":"tag-scene","23":"tag-sharing","24":"tag-story","25":"tag-top-stories","26":"tag-topstories","27":"tag-wlwt-alert-desk","28":"tag-wlwt-mobile-app"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}