Winter Weather in Breckinridge, Kentucky

Winter Weather December 23, 2008 · Breckinridge, Kentucky

Death

$5K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Icy roads lead to a fatality on Kentucky Hwy 86 near Garfield. A teenager who had stopped with her father to help another motorist was killed by a hit and run driver on the icy roadway.

The wider storm

Light freezing rain developed during the afternoon of December 23rd. Ice accumulation on roads across the northern portions of Kentucky lead to numerous traffic accidents and several fatalities.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 140960. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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