PADUCAH, Ky. (WJPF) – A Missouri man has been charged with intentionally causing a deadly crash last month on Interstate 24 near Paducah.
Jared King, 44, faces charges of murder, first-degree wanton endangerment, criminal mischief, driving on a suspended license and failure to yield to the right of way.
Police say on April 28, King intentionally steered a pickup truck into the opposing lanes of traffic, hitting a tractor trailer. The crash caused a chain reaction involving two more vehicles. Tammy King, a 51-year-old passenger in the pickup, died from injuries sustained in the crash.
Jared King was also seriously injured. He was released from the hospital Thursday afternoon and then taken to the McCracken County Jail.
