Kentucky: Earl Richardson killed Johnie and Luevenia Dennis in crash; charged with DUI

 

Earl Richardson KY fatal DUI 081913

From WAVE

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY — 2013-08-19 — A Hodgenville man was charged Monday with a long list of crimes including murder after a weekend motor vehicle crash that killed two people in Elizabethtown.

Kentucky State Police said Earl D. Richardson, 46, was under the influence of alcohol Sunday night when the Chevrolet Blazer he was driving slammed into a car driven by Johnie M. Dennis, 75, of Elizabethtown. Dennis and his passenger, Luevenia Dennis, 71, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Richardson and his passenger, Earl Richardson Jr., 10, were taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital for treatment and later released.

Sunday’s crash happened just before 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of KY 1135/Roundtop ….MORE