LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Authorities say a car involved in a crash was pushed off a road and into two Louisville Water workers, killing one of them.
The water utility company in Kentucky said 17-year employee Jimmy Stone died after the crash Monday afternoon. The company says Chad Harper, a 23-year employee, was also hit but is recovering.
Louisville Metro police spokesman Dwight Mitchell says one car ran a stop sign, hitting the other vehicle and pushing it into the workers. Mitchell says both drivers had non-life-threatening injuries.
A witness told WAVE-TV the workers had been repairing a fire hydrant damaged in a crash Saturday.
Louisville Water Company President and CEO Spencer Bruce said in a statement that Harper and Stone garnered attention last year when they saved a kitten from a fire hydrant.
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