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Lexington/Richmond
Celebrations Cause Destruction in Lexington
By Linda B. Blackford, Lexington Herald-Leader, Jack Brammer, Lexington Herald-Leader, Josh Kegley, Lexington Herald-Leader and Mary Meehan, Lexington Herald-Leader
Credit Jonathan Palmer/Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky fans helped turn a car back onto its wheels on State Street after it had been flipped over by others during Saturday night's celebration. Police said there were several arrests.
Jubilation over the University of Kentucky's win over the University of Louisville quickly turned into scenes of couch-burning mayhem in key celebratory areas around campus. Lexington's State Street, which had become the epicenter of couch burning in recent weeks, was quickly filled with thousands of people, smoke and flying beer bottles. Police in riot gear with fire extinguishers and batons dodged bottles from the growing crowd and tried to stop a raft of couch fires.
