GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man involved in a crash that killed his daughter has been charged with murder and driving under the influence, authorities said.
Christopher M. McCoy, 32, of Glasgow was arrested this week in connection with the May crash that killed the girl, who was a passenger in the vehicle he was driving, news outlets reported, citing Kentucky State Police. It was McCoy’s second DUI offense, police said.
McCoy was driving a pickup truck in Glasgow and failed to negotiate a curve, police said. The truck dipped off the right shoulder and McCoy overcorrected and struck several trees, police said. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene. Her named hasn’t been released.
McCoy remains jailed at the Barren County Detention Center. Online jail records don’t list an attorney.
His arraignment was scheduled for Sept. 10 in Barren District Court.
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