One person has died and another has been charged following an overnight crash in Lexington.
Police responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Athens-Boonesboro Road and Hays Boulevard just after midnight. One vehicle overturned and the driver of the truck, identified as 23-year-old Robert Spencer Hatler, was ejected and was unresponsive.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. Hatler was a native of Winchester. He attended Transylvania University but did not graduate from there. He played baseball for George Rogers Clark High School.
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The driver of the other vehicle, identified by police as Alexandria Rankin, was uninjured and was taken into custody for second-degree manslaughter and DUI. She bonded out of jail around 2:57 p.m. on Friday.
Rankin paid the full cash bond of $7,500 for the manslaughter charge and $500 for the DUI charge.
Witnesses tell LEX 18 that Rankin ran a red light.
Collision reconstruction units were on scene for nearly nine hours. The roadway has since reopened.
