(WHAS11) - WHAS11 has learned new information a local chiropractor involved in a Clark County crash that killed him and another driver last week.
Troy Anderson, 40, had just been released from the hospital after Jeffersontown Police had him involuntarily committed for mental treatment.
WHAS11 learned that there were reports that the Jeffersontown chiropractor had issues with mental illness, cocaine use and domestic violence going back more than a decade.
Police believe that a suicide attempt was a cry for help, help that Anderson failed to get before he and another driver collided and were killed.
A mother called 911 with desperate plea last Tuesday for police to save her son, chiropractor Anderson. She said she believed he was trying to kill himself.
Police arrived and tased Anderson twice to stop his suicide attempt.
Anderson was then taken to University Hospital for an involuntary commitment. But he ended up dying three days later, after his Toyota Camry struck an explorer head-on on Highway 160 in Clark County, Indiana.
Steven Haworth, 57, who was driving the explorer, also died in that crash.
Haworth, a retired firefighter, left behind a wife, three children and three grandchildren.
Neighbors say Anderson’s car sat in the parking lot from the time of the incident until he was released from the hospital early Friday afternoon. They say when he came to get the car, just hours before the wreck, he didn't look very good.
WHAS11 discovered signs that Anderson had problems going back years. A domestic violence order was taken out by his first ex wife in 1999.
In it, she refers to him being involuntarily committed after threatening to kill himself, his wife and his daughter. She describes him as mentally unstable.
Anderson also had legal problems, with an arrest for possession of cocaine, another for leaving the scene of an accident and failing to render aid and numerous traffic citations.
He was divorced again, sued for bad debt and fined for failing to renew his chiropractic license on time.
The suicide attempt came after a break-up with a girlfriend, but Anderson was released from the hospital without a hearing.
In Kentucky, police can have someone involuntarily committed for up to 72 hours and a doctor can order people held for up to seven days if they are considered a danger to themselves or others. A court can then order someone to be held involuntarily for up to 30 days.
The accident is still under investigation.
