A Hardin County man is in custody after he allegedly struck two men changing a tire on the Bluegrass Parkway, killing one, and fled the scene.
Jason T. Hamilton of Rineyville faces multiple charges including Vehicular Homicide When Under the Influence of Alcohol, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, and Fourth Degree Assault following the incident Friday.
According to Kentucky State Police Post Four, at around 11 p.m. on February 21 troopers responded to a call from Nelson County Dispatch requesting the KSP investigate after a pedestrian was struck near the 13-mile marker on the Bluegrass Parkway.
The KSP says the preliminary investigation indicates that Nelson Pacheco Jr. of Cicero, Illinois, was changing a tire on a vehicle in the westbound emergency lane of the parkway. 20-year-old Amari Mays-Clark of Frankfort was standing near the rear driver’s side bumper when a vehicle driven by Hamilton crossed the fog line and struck Mays-Clark and Pacheco. The vehicle then continued without stopping.
Mays-Clark was declared dead at the scene by the Nelson County Coroner’s Office. Pacheco was transported to Baptist Health Hardin with non-life-threatening injuries.
The KSP says Hamilton turned himself into police several hours after the incident. He was lodged in the Nelson County Detention Center, where he is being held on a $500,000 cash bond.
The accident closed the westbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway for several hours during accident reconstruction. The KSP’s investigation remains ongoing.
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