{"id":58650,"date":"2026-11-01T01:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T05:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=58650"},"modified":"2026-10-31T21:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T01:53:48","slug":"driver-charged-with-murder-after-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/driver-charged-with-murder-after-hit-and-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Charged With Murder After Hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/12\/06\/man-charged-with-murder-after-hit-and-run\/hit-and-run\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hit-and-run.jpg?fit=340%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"340,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hit-and-run\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hit-and-run.jpg?fit=340%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hit-and-run.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hit-and-run.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hit-and-run.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hit-and-run.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=125%2C125 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nA woman died early Saturday morning after being struck in a hit-and-run collision along Bardstown Road, according to the Louisville Metro Police.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>LMPD\u2019s Traffic Unit arrested 22 year-old Bryson Barber in connection with the crash.<\/p>\n<p>He faces nine charges: murder, leaving the scene of an accident and failing to render aid involving death or serious physical injury, tampering with physical evidence, reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, speeding 26 mph or more over the speed limit, possession of marijuana, excessive windshield or window tinting, and failure to maintain required insurance.<\/p>\n<p>The Jefferson County Coroner\u2019s Office identified the victim as Montazja Langley, who police believe was in her 20s. Loved ones said Langley had been out with friends Friday night celebrating Halloween into the early morning hours.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded around 4:20 a.m. Saturday to Bardstown Road and Grinstead Drive. According to police, Langley was attempting to cross Bardstown Road when a speeding vehicle struck her.<\/p>\n<p>Langley was taken to University of Louisville Hospital, where she was pronounced dead from blunt-force injuries at 4:54 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The coroner\u2019s office stated the incident as a hit-and-run pedestrian strike.<br \/>\nSource: WDRB+WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman died early Saturday morning after being struck in a hit-and-run collision along Bardstown Road, according to the Louisville Metro Police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":2420,"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-58650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-main-news","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-ffY","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-11-10 20:48:17","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[69],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hit-and-run.jpg?fit=340%2C200&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58650","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=58650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58651,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58650\/revisions\/58651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}