Murder charges filed in 2 vehicle-crash

SEBREE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a western Kentucky man has been charged with murder in the deaths of two people killed in a two-vehicle crash.

Kentucky State Police say the victims were killed Sunday afternoon in Webster County while aboard a motorcycle. Police say their motorcycle was struck head on by a pickup truck along a curve on Kentucky 132.

Police say the driver of the motorcycle, 24-year-old Johnathan G. Gray of Utica, and his passenger, 26-year-old Paula M. Hamilton of Livermore, were killed. Police say neither victim was wearing a helmet. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say the driver of the pickup, 43-year-old Christopher S. Duncan of Dixon, was charged with two counts of murder and driving under the influence.

Duncan was being held in the Webster County Detention Center.

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