UPDATE: June 4 at 4:15 p.m.
A man charged with vehicular homicide for a 2023 collision in Laurel County that left one person dead has plead guilty.
According to the Laurel County Sheriff's Office, 31-year-old Wesley Allen was traveling along KY 192 in November 2023 when he crossed the center line, striking a vehicle driven by 64-year-old Fred Johnson.
Johnson was pronounced dead on the scene. After an investigation, Allen was found to have been driving under the influence at the time of the collision.
A sentence of 15 years is recommended.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A man has been charged with murder after a crash that killed one person on Tuesday near London, Kentucky.
According to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, 29-year-old Wesley N. Allen from London was charged with murder after he crossed the center line while heading west on KY 192 in his silver GMC pickup truck and struck another driver in a Honda Civic head-on.
The driver of the Honda, 64-year-old Fred R. Johnson from London, was pronounced dead at the scene, while Allen was transported to St. Joseph Hospital for treatment of possible injuries, where he was treated and released.
According to the sheriff’s office, alcohol was suspected to have played a role in the accident on Allen’s part.
