BOONE COUNTY, Ky. — A Cincinnati man will spend seven years in jail after a crash in which a truck tire flew through a windshield on I-75, killing an 18-year-old woman.
Ricky A. Raider, 37, was taken into police custody almost a year after the incident, according to Boone County Sheriff's Office. He was indicted on June 4 for the July 16, 2023 death of Lauren A. Collins.
On July 16, 2023, Collins was driving along southbound I-75 when her windshield was suddenly struck by a tire. She later died at the hospital, the sheriff's office said.
The sheriff's office believed a truck traveling northbound on I-75 lost its tire, which rolled out of control, over the concrete barrier and into oncoming traffic when it hit Collins' vehicle.
On July 22, 2023, Raider reported himself to the Independence Police Department, admitting "he lost a tire on the interstate over the past weekend but he didn't believe his tire had hit anyone."
The sheriff's office said months later that Sgt. Jeffy Nagy obtained a recorded phone call from July 16, 2023, between Raider and a female inmate at the Bullitt County Detention Center. During the phone call, Raider said he was driving on northbound I-75 when his tire dismounted from his truck. He also said that he witnessed the tire hit Collins' vehicle, and he knew that it likely injured or killed someone.
Raider said that after the tire hit the vehicle, it came to a stop near the concrete barrier, and he fled the scene after reattaching the tire to his truck, the sheriff's office said.
Raider was arrested on June 11 and charged with one count of leaving the scene of an accident, which is a Class D felony, and one count of persistent felony offender in the first degree.
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