UPDATE: Fourth Victim Dies From Breathitt Co. DUI Crash

The Fayette Coroner told ABC 36 News a 20-year-old involved in a drunken driving accident Wednesday was pronounced dead after being thrown from the back of a truck.

It happened in Breathitt County. The coroner said Joshua Thorpe was in the back of a pick-up truck on Wolverine Road in Jackson when he was thrown out. Three other people were killed in that crash.

State troopers said the driver in that case, 19-year-old Shawn Hardin was under the influence of alcohol. He’s been charged with murder.

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