KY man charged with DUI, vehicular homicide after fatal crash with motorcycle
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- Kentucky driver Dennie Stivers charged with DUI and vehicular homicide.
- Collision on U.S. 127 struck motorcyclist Jeremy Manns, who later died.
- Deputy observed impairment, Stivers showed high BAC and faces pending blood test.
A Kentucky man has been charged with DUI and vehicular homicide after a fatal collision with a motorcycle Wednesday in Franklin County, according to court documents.
The crash happened just before 4 p.m. on U.S. 127 near the BP gas station by Steele Branch Road. Dennie Stivers, 56, was driving a Ford F-150 and hit Jeremy Manns, 52, who was riding a motorcycle, according to court documents.
Manns was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
A Franklin County sheriff’s deputy observed Stivers with red, glossy eyes at the scene of the crash. Court documents say Stivers admitted to having about one beer about three hours before the collision and had a 0.087 blood alcohol concentration.
Stivers also performed multiple field sobriety tests and showed signs of impairment, according to court documents. He was arrested and consented to a blood test, which is pending.
Stivers is being held at the Franklin County Detention Center, according to jail records. It’s Stivers’ first time being charged with a DUI.
But nearly two weeks before the collision, Stivers was caught speeding more than 20 mph over the speed limit and not wearing a seat belt in Franklin County, according to court records. He was fined $209.
About four hours later, Stivers was caught speeding again, this time more than 22 mph over the limit on Kentucky 55 in Henry County. He was fined $203, according to court records.
