The truck driver charged with vehicular homicide in the June I-75 crash that killed six people in Chattanooga agreed today not to fight extradition to Hamilton County to face those charges.
Ben Brewer, 39, was arrested in Lexington, Ky., on Aug. 7 after he was wanted for several days on multiple crash-related charges in Hamilton County.
Both Brewer and his fiance, 38-year-old Charity Pennington, appeared in Fayette County District Court today for a preliminary hearing for drug charges related to the Aug. 7 arrest. Brewer waived his right to extradition in a separate hearing.
During the hearing, Lexington Police Officer J.A. Ramirez recounted how U.S. Marshals tracked Brewer’s cell phone to the shopping plaza where he was caught on Aug. 7.
Charity Pennington, fiance of Ben Brewer, the semi-truck driver involved in the I-75 accident in June that killed six people, reacts to the Judge T. Bruce Bells decision to take her into custody during her preliminary hearing for failing to complete a drug test before appearing in court on August 19 , 2015. Pennington faces charges of trafficking meth and hindering apprehension.
I-75 crashPennington and Brewer were found in a vehicle together, Ramirez said.