Update: charges filed in connection to wreck that killed Berea student

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ)- A young man has been arrested in connection to the Friday car wreck that killed a Berea College student.

Darryl Long-Foster, 24, has been charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence.

Police say a woman driving a Chevy pick up truck collided with a sedan on Walnut Meadow Road and 956 right off exit 77.

Four people were taken to the hospital, but 23-year-old Dzhoana Ivanova from Bulgaria, who was in the back seat of the sedan, did not survive.

Berea has canceled classes for Monday to allow students time to mourn.

The President’s full statement:

“We are sorry to have to share tragic news of two accidents involving Berea College alumni and students in recent days. Two of the individuals involved in these accidents have passed away, and two others are hospitalized in very serious condition. Their families are with them and request privacy at this time.

Fellow Bereans, students, faculty and staff who knew them well and loved them, are grieving deeply.

To honor those we have lost in these recent tragedies and to allow their many friends some additional time and space for their grief, classes and labor at Berea College are cancelled on Monday, October 30th.

SATURDAY:

Police say a Berea College student is dead and another student is in critical condition after a crash in Madison County Friday night.

A Chevy pick up truck and a sedan collided on Walnut Meadow Road and 956 right off of exit 77.

People in Berea say this kind of thing just doesn’t happen around there.

The Madison County Coroner says the impact was so severe the sedan was completely cut in half, and the back seat was thrown 100 yards away from the accident scene.

Four people were taken to the hospital, but 23-year-old Dzhoana Ivanova from Bulgaria, who was in the back seat of the sedan, did not survive.

Austin Gage Issacs who works at Berea Coffee and Tea, says Ivanova comes in all the time.
With the second DUI accident in a quiet town in two days, he says it’s all hard to process.

Police say they received several 911 calls right before the crash, describing a car driving recklessly through town.

One person remains on life support at UK Medical Center. No word on anyone else’s condition.