UPDATE: Police: Three killed after driver fleeing from officers causes I75 crash

UPDATE (9/5/2019 12:06 P.M.) –

According to the Lexington Police Department, they were contacted around 10:00 p.m. about a truck fleeing from Winchester Police on I-64 towards Lexington.

Police say minutes after getting the call, there was a crash on I-75 at the 110 mile marker.

According to police, Tammy Rodriguez was running from police when she made an abrupt u-turn at the I-64 and I-75 split and began driving the wrong way on I-75 North.

Police say she hit a Chevy Sonic head-on and then a Jeep, causing it to rollover.

One of the passengers in Rodriguez’ truck, 35-year-old Debbie Lynn Bevins, of Pikeville, was killed. Another passenger in the truck suffered life-threatening injuries, according to police.

The driver of the Sonic, 26-year-old Taylor Blevins, and her passenger, 20-year-old Caitlyn Bailey, both of Georgetown, were killed.

The driver of the Jeep suffered non life-threatening injuries.

Police say Rodriguez also suffered non life-threatening injuries.

She has been charged with driving under the influence and operating a vehicle without a license.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Fayette County Coroner’s Office says three people were killed in a late-night crash on Interstate 75.

The coroner says the victims are: 35-year-old Debbie Lynn Bevins, of Pikeville; 26-year-old Taylor Denise Blevins, of Georgetown; 20-year-old Caitlyn Danielle Bailey, of Georgetown. According to the coroner, all three were pronounced dead at the scene at 11:00 p.m. Wednesday.

The accident happened just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at the southern split of northbound I-75, near mile marker 110. Authorities have not said what led to the three-vehicle crash or if the victims were all in the same vehicle.

The accident closed down all northbound lanes of I-75 at the 110 mile marker, as well the ramp to I-64. The roadway did not reopen until 10:00 a.m. Thursday.