Five family members from Owen County are dead, after investigators said a wrong-way driver hit them head-on on I-75.The crash happened Saturday afternoon, just south of Exit 104 in Lexington, according to investigators.Now, loved ones are dealing with an unbelievable loss.Family and friends are devastated.A mother and several young children are dead, and a father who was not in the car with them, is the only one left alive."It's very, very hard, and the mere number, five at once, is very hard to handle," Trish Bryant said.It is tough to understand how a midday drive turned into tragedy on I-75.For Bryant, the scene is where her adopted daughter, Catherine Greene, and two grandsons and two granddaughters lost their lives."She loved her children. She would do anything for those children, and you never, ever, ever heard the word stepchild in her home. Her two daughters were from her husband and they were her bonus daughters," Bryant said.She said the love of Catherine's life, her husband, Jon Greene, wasn't in the car. He's the only one still alive in their blended family, full of love.Lexington police were called to the 104 mile-marker on I-75 just before 12:30 p.m. Saturday for a car driving southbound in the northbound lanes.Investigators said Jamaica Caudill, 38, drove a Nissan head-on into the Owen County family's Toyota.Caudill died."They've had a 10-46 fatality involving children. They still have children entrapped in vehicles," a dispatcher said in Kentucky State Police radio traffic.Police said Catherine, 30, Santanna, 11, Karmen, 9, Brayden, 5, and Jack, 2, also died.Traffic was backed up for hours.Krista Larmore, from Celina, Ohio, said she, her husband, their 2-year-old and 5-month-old narrowly missed the Nissan as they were driving home from Florida."It could've been us. It could've been. It just wasn't, you know, and we definitely had some guardian angels on our side," Larmore said.As police dig into how and why this crash happened, there's a father in immeasurable pain."It was difficult coming home because he didn't have the kids running to greet him or his wife to greet him too and he just missed all the noise," Bryant said.A priest in the Lexington area happened upon the scene and prayed for the victims.He said he will be taking charge of making arrangements with the funeral home to help ease the family's financial burden.According to the McDonald and New Funeral Home in Owenton, service information is expected to be updated on Monday. The obituary for the Greene Family can be found here: https://www.mcdonaldandnew.com/obituary/the-greene-family
Five family members from Owen County are dead, after investigators said a wrong-way driver hit them head-on on I-75.
The crash happened Saturday afternoon, just south of Exit 104 in Lexington, according to investigators.
Now, loved ones are dealing with an unbelievable loss.
Family and friends are devastated.
A mother and several young children are dead, and a father who was not in the car with them, is the only one left alive.
"It's very, very hard, and the mere number, five at once, is very hard to handle," Trish Bryant said.
It is tough to understand how a midday drive turned into tragedy on I-75.
For Bryant, the scene is where her adopted daughter, Catherine Greene, and two grandsons and two granddaughters lost their lives.
"She loved her children. She would do anything for those children, and you never, ever, ever heard the word stepchild in her home. Her two daughters were from her husband and they were her bonus daughters," Bryant said.
She said the love of Catherine's life, her husband, Jon Greene, wasn't in the car.
He's the only one still alive in their blended family, full of love.
Lexington police were called to the 104 mile-marker on I-75 just before 12:30 p.m. Saturday for a car driving southbound in the northbound lanes.
Investigators said Jamaica Caudill, 38, drove a Nissan head-on into the Owen County family's Toyota.
Caudill died.
"They've had a 10-46 fatality involving children. They still have children entrapped in vehicles," a dispatcher said in Kentucky State Police radio traffic.
Police said Catherine, 30, Santanna, 11, Karmen, 9, Brayden, 5, and Jack, 2, also died.
Traffic was backed up for hours.
Krista Larmore, from Celina, Ohio, said she, her husband, their 2-year-old and 5-month-old narrowly missed the Nissan as they were driving home from Florida.
"It could've been us. It could've been. It just wasn't, you know, and we definitely had some guardian angels on our side," Larmore said.
As police dig into how and why this crash happened, there's a father in immeasurable pain.
"It was difficult coming home because he didn't have the kids running to greet him or his wife to greet him too and he just missed all the noise," Bryant said.
A priest in the Lexington area happened upon the scene and prayed for the victims.
He said he will be taking charge of making arrangements with the funeral home to help ease the family's financial burden.
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According to the McDonald and New Funeral Home in Owenton, service information is expected to be updated on Monday.
The obituary for the Greene Family can be found here: https://www.mcdonaldandnew.com/obituary/the-greene-family
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