A Leitchfield woman has been charged with manslaughter after a deadly ATV crash in Warren County Friday night.
According to court records, police arrived at a crash on Hayes Road in Bowling Green on Friday, November 25.
EMS attempted to provide medical care to a man lying on the ground, but EMS advised police the man was already dead.
He was identified as 66 year-old Glennis Speck.
Family members told police the driver of the ATV was 33 year-old Celeste Matthews, of Leitchfield, and had fled the scene near the wood line of the property.
Police later found Matthews sitting in a ditch on Cemetery Road.
According to the citation, Matthews admitted to drinking whiskey before driving the ATV with Speck. She also stated that neither were wearing seat belts.
She said she flipped the ATV as she came around a curve.
Matthews was later arrested and charged with manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving a motor vehicle under the influence.
She is being held in the Warren County Jail on a $50,000 cash bond.
Source: WBKO
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