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"I could absolutely see my mom doing the same thing." Roger Wenzel of Louisville died Tuesday after causing a crash while driving north in the southbound lanes of I-65 just north of Elizabethtown.

Wenzel died at the scene of multiple internal injuries, said Dr.

Bill Lee, the Hardin County coroner.

Wenzel's wife, Donna, reported him missing when he didn't return home Tuesday afternoon.

She declined to be interviewed yesterday.

According to reports from Louisville Metro and Kentucky State police, the crash happened about 4:30 p.m., within an hour of Wenzel's wife reporting him missing.

State police tried to stop Wenzel, who was driving 70 to 75 mph, but he didn't pull over.

His 1998 Toyota Camry hit a 1995 Toyota Camry driven by Olivia Brittain, 22, of Upton, Ky.

Brittain was flown to University Hospital.

She was listed in fair condition yesterday.

During the crash, one of the Camrys became airborne and clipped a Dodge Ram pickup.

That driver was not hurt.

Wenzel was a retired minister with United Church of Christ, most recently pastoring at Faith United Church of Christ in Middletown.

He had three children and eight grandchildren.

Alzheimer's alone is not a reason for someone to stop driving, according to the Alzheimer's Association.

"Driving is a sense of independence for everyone," said spokeswoman DeeAnna Esslinger.

"It's a really fine balance in determining when the person affected with Alzheimer's disease stops driving." For Jaha and her family, it was a hard ...

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See www.canhr.org.

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Mary Moorhead, MS, LMFT, is a specialist on aging and elder care.

Contact her at www.eldercarecolumn.com or mbmoorhead@aol.com.

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