A fatal crash in Knoxville has led to vehicular homicide charges for a 24-year-old driver. The Knoxville Police Department reported that the single-car collision occurred early Thursday morning, around 1:50 a.m., on Boright Drive near Whitney Place. According to WATE, the vehicle, a Honda Accord, crashed into a tree, and an adult woman passenger was found near the car with life-threatening injuries.
Despite efforts to quickly provide life-saving measures, the victim was later pronounced dead after 3 a.m. "The passenger, an adult woman, was found near the car with life-threatening injuries," as per WBIR. "Despite life-saving measures provided on scene by KFD and AMR personnel, the victim was pronounced dead sometime after 3 a.m.," as mentioned by WATE. The driver, Jada Warren, had fled the scene but was located by police a short distance away, on the 3200 block of Fairmont Boulevard.
Warren told officers that she was under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash. Scott Erland from the Knoxville Police Department provided this information in a report. Warren was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, as reported by WVLT.
The investigation into the incident is being led by Knoxville Police Department 's fatal accident investigators. "Warren received non-life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, KPD wrote. Police say she will be booked on vehicular homicide driver intoxication charges when she is released," authorities stated, as noted by WATE.
