MONTEREY, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky court security officer has been arrested after a passenger on an ATV he was driving died in a crash.
Kentucky State Trooper Steven Dykes says in a news release 43-year-old Mario Chavez-Canela of Monterey was arrested in Owen County on Friday on charges of second-degree assault and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
It wasn’t immediately known whether Chavez-Canela has an attorney.
The statement says 73-year-old passenger Patricia Karsner of Owenton was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The Owen County Sheriff’s Office requested that state police take over the investigation.
The State Journal reports Chavez-Canela had rejoined the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office as a security officer earlier this year. He had been fired in August 2016 by a previous sheriff after a DUI arrest in Shelby County.
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Information from: The State Journal, http://www.state-journal.com
