Lexington woman charged with fleeing scene after crash that left 1 person dead

Christopher Leach
·2 min read
The Lexington Police Department is looking for a white SUV in connection to a hit and run collision that occurred on Nov. 21, 2023 in Lexington and left a pedestrian dead. The driver was later found and charged in Anna Kolokotsas’ death.

A Lexington woman accused of being the driver in a crash that left a pedestrian dead has been charged with leaving the scene of the incident.

Olivia Fouts, 26, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with death or serious physical injury, according to court records. Online records from the Fayette County Detention Center indicate she’s not in jail and there is no information about bond in online court records.

Fouts is accused of hitting Anna Kolokotsas, 44, with her BMW SUV on North Broadway in November. Kolokotsas was transported to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, where she later died.

Fouts’ arrest citation says she immediately “failed to stop and ascertain the extent of” Kolokotsas’ injuries after the collision.

Investigators previously released information on the case as the Bluegrass Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. Detective Kristyn Klingshirn with Bluegrass Crime Stoppers said the police department received lots of tips which helped a detective corroborate previously known information and identify Fouts as the suspect.

“Some of them were quite detailed, so it made a significant difference,” Klingshirn said.

It’s unknown if Fouts could face additional charges in the case, according to Klingshirn. She is due in court for an arraignment on Jan. 11, according to court records.

The collision happened two blocks away from where Kolokotsas was visiting some family members, according to her obituary. Kolokotsas loved taking walks, her family wrote in her obituary.

“She had insisted on walking to her home, even though we begged her to let us give her a ride,” her family said.

Kolokotsas’ death was one of 19 incidents in which a pedestrian was killed in a crash in Lexington through the end of November this year. That’s a 533% increase from the same time last year. Lexington had reported 48 total fatal crashes through the end of November this year, according to Kentucky State Police data.