BOONE COUNTY, Ky. — A Cincinnati man is in custody almost a year after a truck tire flew through a windshield on I-75, killing an 18-year-old woman, the Boone County Sheriff's Office said.
Ricky A. Raider, 37, was indicted 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 tired 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 somone.
Raider said that after the tire hit the vehicle, it come 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 is being 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.
According to the Boon County Detention Center, he was arrested June 11, and he's being held on a $40,000 cash bond.
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