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Louisville firefighters head to St. Louis to escort fallen sister, crash victims

They are headed to St. Louis as funeral arrangements are being made.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nearly a dozen firefighters are headed to St. Louis to assist their fellow firefighter Lesley Prather. Prather was member of Truck 4/Engine 22 of District 1 that served the west end. 

She and her daughter Rhyan, along with Coach Carrie McCaw and her daughter Kacey, died in a car crash as they were headed to a volleyball tournament in Kansas City.

Credit: Louisville Fire Department
Leslie Prather

Investigators say the driver of a pickup truck crossed the center line on Interstate 64 just outside St. Louis.

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Lesley was a Louisville firefighter and Carrie was a well-known coach, both of them former volleyball players.

The investigation into that crash is still ongoing.

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