{"id":56709,"date":"2026-06-13T01:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=56709"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T00:27:27","slug":"driver-causing-fatal-crash-takes-plea-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/driver-causing-fatal-crash-takes-plea-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Causing Fatal Crash Takes Plea Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2023\/12\/02\/louisville-man-indicted-for-murder-2\/tymetrius-walter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tymetrius-Walter.jpg?fit=950%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tymetrius Walter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tymetrius-Walter.jpg?fit=950%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tymetrius-Walter.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tymetrius-Walter.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tymetrius-Walter.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tymetrius-Walter.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=125%2C125 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tymetrius-Walter.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=125%2C125 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nWalter has pleaded guilty in connection with the deadly crash that killed 10-year-old Jake Luxemberger, according to the Oldham County Commonwealth\u2019s Office.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Court records show a plea offer was filed June 9, after a mediation scheduled for this week.<\/p>\n<p>The murder charge was amended down, and Walter pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while under the influence, along with several other charges. Records also show he pleaded guilty to first-degree fleeing or evading police.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2023, a Kentucky State Police trooper tried to pull over a vehicle on I-71 in Oldham County around 3:30 p.m. The vehicle did not stop and sped off, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>During the pursuit, police learned the vehicle had been reported as stolen.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle took exit 14 on I-71 and hit a GMC SUV that was heading north on KY-329, according to officials. The driver of the vehicle that tried to run was taken into custody and identified as 23-year-old Tymetrius Walter of Louisville.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said a juvenile, 10-year-old Jake Luxemberger, who was in the SUV died due to injuries from the crash. The driver of the SUV was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Walter is expected to serve 40 years in prison under the plea agreement, according to the Commonwealth\u2019s Office. Formal sentencing is scheduled for July 1, at 1 p.m. in Oldham Circuit Court.<br \/>\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter has pleaded guilty in connection with the deadly crash that killed 10-year-old Jake Luxemberger, according to the Oldham County Commonwealth\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":45592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-main-news","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tymetrius-Walter.jpg?fit=950%2C534&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-eKF","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-06-23 08:20:00","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[69],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56710,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56709\/revisions\/56710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}