Car crashes into a Townhomes at Newtown Crossing apartment

By Anne Halliwell and Nick Gray

news@kykernel.com

Several UK students were still unable to live in their apartment Tuesday night after a 2013 Toyota Corolla collided with a Townhomes at Newtown Crossing apartment and three parked cars late Saturday night, damaging the cars and entering through the wall of the residence.

Though Lexington police did not report any injuries as of 1:20 a.m. Sunday, the building was seriously damaged by the impact.

The cause of the accident was still under investigation at that time, said Lexington police Lieutenant Clayton Roberts, although the police department did not suspect drugs or alcohol.

“He did nothing criminal,” Roberts said of the driver.

No one was transported to the hospital from the accident, said Major Mark Samuelson of the Lexington Fire Department. There are four students who live in the Townhomes at Newtown Crossing apartment, he said.

People working with the Townhomes had found a place for the residents to stay for the night, Samuelson said, as the unit is currently unlivable and in need of repair.

The fire department installed three wooden pillars Saturday night to ensure the unit would not collapse, he said. Neither of the two occupants of the car were injured, Roberts said.

Although the car directly impacted only one apartment, the rooms above could also have been structurally compromised, Roberts said. The Lexington Fire Department was shoring up the damaged apartment after 1 a.m.

The students were later able to enter the building to retrieve their belongings, said Major Lee Hayden of the Lexington Fire Department, but had not moved back into the apartment as far as he knew.

The apartment and above residences appeared to be entirely closed Tuesday afternoon, though Newport Crossing declined to comment on the status of the building or residents.