JURY FINDS TRUCK DRIVER GUILTY OF MULTIPLE COUNTS OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
A jury reached a verdict today of a truck driver charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide. Benjamin Brewer of Kentucky was found guilty of six counts of vehicular homicide by intoxication in the deaths of six people on Interstate 75 near Chattanooga in 2015. He was also found guilty of four counts of reckless aggravated assault and a single count of DUI and speeding. Prosecutors say Brewer was high on meth at the time of the accident but the defense claimed Brewer fell asleep at the wheel. Brewer will be sentenced on March 12th, 2018.