Survivor of deadly Carroll County bus crash shares his story

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- It's a somber anniversary as our area remembers the 27 people killed in the deadliest drunk driving crash in our nation's history.

Twenty-five years ago, Jason Booher was on a bus heading home from a day trip to King's Island. A drunk driver going the wrong way slammed into the school bus on Interstate 71 in Carroll County, Ky.

He lost his best friend, Chad Witt, at just 13 years old.

"One of the best days of my life turned into one of the most tragic things that anybody could go through," said Booher.

But he's turned the tragic time in his life into something positive.

"When you're going though all that, you're thinking there's no way in the world that anything could ever positively come out of this bus crash," said Booher.

He shared his story with students at North Hardin High School. Jason is proof that people can rebound from adversity, and he drives home the point that drinking and driving is never an option.

"The decisions you make today will affect the way you live the rest of your life," said Booher.

Booher has one goal that he has worked toward for the past 25 years, and will continue to carry out for the rest of his life.

"Make sure the death of my best friend and 26 others that didn't make it out...trying to make sure their death saves thousands of lives," said Booher.

A community memorial service is planned at 5 p.m. tonight at North Hardin High School in Radcliff, Ky. A public screening of the documentary about the crash is planned for tomorrow night in Elizabethtown, Ky.