Settlement reached in crash that killed Kentucky officer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A nearly $14 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over a 2018 crash that killed a Kentucky police officer. News outlets report the money will go to the son of Louisville Metro Police Detective Deidre “Dee Dee” Mengedoht, who died on Christmas Eve in 2018 after a semitruck driven by a Metropolitan Sewer District employee crashed into her cruiser during a traffic stop. Mengedoht’s family accused driver Roger Burdette of negligence in the crash and accused the Metropolitan Sewer District of not properly employing, supervising and training him. Louisville attorney Ron Hillerich says lawyers mediated all day Saturday before reaching the $13.65 million settlement.