Kansas high school basketball star, family hit by car in Louisville; driver arrested

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KAKE) — A highschool basketball participant from Nickerson, Kansas, was hospitalized alongside together with her mother and father and little brother after they had been struck by an alleged impaired driver in Louisville, Kentucky. 

Police informed WHAS that the the household was standing on a sidewalk downtown on Tuesday night when a driver didn’t make a proper flip, went onto the sidewalk and hit them.

Nickerson Excessive Faculty basketball star Ava Jones was in critical situation and her mother and father, Trey and Amy, had been in vital situation. Her brother was handled and launched. 

An police spokesperson mentioned the motive force, 33-year-old Michael Hurley, informed regulation enforcement he had taken Hydrocodone and was “so drained that he couldn’t make the flip.”  

Police carried out a subject sobriety take a look at and famous that Hurley’s eyes had been “level and droopy” and he could not preserve his steadiness. He is been charged with 4 counts of first-degree assault, working a motorized vehicle whereas below the affect of a substance, and license to be in possession.