Franklin Co. man charged with Manslaughter in 2017 car wreck
CASEY COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ)-State Police say a man was arrested Tuesday after a grand jury returned an indictment with several criminal offenses resulting from a car accident that killed a man in July 2017.
Trooper Jacob Guffey arrested 37-year-old John Whitaker at his home in Frankfort Tuesday afternoon.
KSP says the indictment alleges that on July 8th, 2017 Whitaker was driving a car while under the influence of drugs when he caused a four car collision on U.S. Highway 127, a few miles north of Liberty.
Investigators say the collision resulted in the death of 26-year-old Phillip Tayler Dillon, of Danville, Ky as well as injuries to six other people.
Whitaker was lodged in the Franklin County Detention Center.
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