Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....ALDRIDGE, Roderick Matthew January 31, 2004
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com May 7, 2019, 4:27 pm

Breckinridge County Herald-News, Hardinsburg, Ky., Wednesday, February 4, 2004
OBITUARY  Page 1 
THREE BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON DIXIE 
HIGHWAY--
KOSMOSDALE -- A three-vehicle accident on Dixie Highway early Saturday morning 
claimed the lives of three Breckinridge County High School students, and 
injured two other individuals, one of whom was also a resident of Breckinridge 
County.
     Louisville Metro Police were dispatched to an accident around 6:30 a.m. 
ET just north of the intersection of Dixie Highway and KY 44 near the Hardin 
County line.
     According to Alicia SMILEY, public information officer with Louisville 
Metro Police, a Dodge Neon driven by Christopher PHILLIPS, 17, was southbound 
on Dixie Highway when the car hit a patch of ice.  The Dodge crossed the 
median and collided head-on with a northbound Ford car driven by Jerry Allen 
HARVEY, 28, whose address was unavailable.  The Dodge was then struck by a 
northbound pickup truck, causing the car to catch fire.
     Two passengers in the back seat of the Dodge--Jessica DOWELL, 18, and 
Christopher KIPER, 18, both of Hardinsburg were pronounced dead at the scene 
by Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Rita Taylor. 
     A third passenger, Matthew ALDRIDGE, 18, of Garfield, was ejected from 
the front passenger's seat.  ALDRIDGE was transported to University Hospital, 
where he died of multiple blunt-force injuries.
     According to Taylor, the three teens all died of multiple blunt-force 
injuries.  Smiley said the four friends were returning home from a teen dance 
club on Bardstown Road.  She told "The Herald-News" Tuesday morning that 
investigators were confident neither alcohol nor drugs contributd to the 
accident.
     Both ALDRIDGE and DOWELL were seniors at BCHS, and KIPER was a junior.  
PHILLIPS was reportedly a former student.

Page 5
     Roderick Matthew ALDRIDGE, age 18, of Garfield in Breckinridge County, 
died on Saturday, January 31, 2004 in Louisville, Ky (Jefferson County).  He 
was born on October 10, 1985, a son of Margaret MATTINGLY ALDRIDGE and 
Roderick ALDRIDGE, who both survive.  Matthew was a senior at BCHS, a member 
of the Hardinsburg United Methodist Church, member of BCHS Chorus and Coral, 
BCHS Pep Club, and a BCHS baseball team member.  He enjoyed spending time with 
his friends, music, basketball and baseball.  He was preceded in death by a 
brother, Ryan Lamar ALDRIDGE, and his grandparents, Reverend Lamar and Dorothy 
MATTINGLY.  Matt is survived by:
his father
his mother
one sister
his grandparents
his great grandmother, Goldie ALDRIDGE
several aunts, uncles, and cousins
     Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at the 
Hardinsburg United Methodist Church, with the Trent-Dowell Funeral Home, 
Hardinsburg, in charge of arrangements.  Burial was in the Westview Cemetery.







Additional Comments:
Westview Cemetery at Westview in Breckinridge County, Ky.

ALDRIDGE, Roderick Matthew "Matt"  10 Oct 1985 -- 31 Jan 2004
son of Roderick ALDRIDGE & Margaret MATTINGLY
Peggy Russell

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/a/aldridge10467gob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/