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Radcliff, Kentucky: Memorial to America's Worst Drunk Driving Accident

27 people from Radcliff were killed when their church school bus was hit head-on by a drunk in a pickup truck who was driving the wrong way on I-71. Most died from the subsequent bus explosion.

North Hardin Memorial Gardens

Address:
S. Logsdon Pkwy, Radcliff, KY
Directions:
North Hardin Memorial Gardens. On the west side of Hwy 1646/S. Logsdon Pkwy, between Hwys 144 and 313, just south of the high school.
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Bus accident memorial.

Memorial to America's Worst Drunk Driving Accident

Peaceful place. Parking lot right in front of the memorial.

[Stephen Francia, 02/25/2023]

Bus accident memorial.

Memorial to America's Worst Drunk Driving Accident

The memorial faces the highway and there is a place to park in front of it. Very solemn memorial. May they rest in God's perfect peace.

[Rose, 11/25/2016]

Drunk Driver Fatality Memorial.

Memorial to America's Worst Drunk Driving Accident

Memorial listing the dead and the survivors of America's Worst Drunk Driving Accident.

[McGrath, 01/27/2010]

27 people from Radcliff lost their lives when their church school bus was hit head-on by a drunk in a pickup truck who was driving the wrong way on I-71. Most died from the subsequent bus explosion. The monument includes a drawing in stone of a muscular young man (wearing only a loincloth) ascending, doves flying from his hand.


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