FAIRFIELD, Ala. (AP) — One driver was arrested and a second driver is wanted on a manslaughter charge stemming from a race on an Alabama interstate that ended in a fatal crash.
Kevin Lamar King, 27, was booked into jail Monday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a news release. The driver in the other vehicle, Keanjra Lashai Maddox, 22, also faces a manslaughter charge in the crash but has not been arrested.
Octavia Nicole Johnson, 20, was a passenger in Maddox’s vehicle, wasn’t wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle in the March 9 wreck, state troopers said. King crashed into the back of Maddox’s vehicle during the race, sending both cars down a ravine.
Johnson was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour later, just a day before her 21st birthday, AL.com reported.
State troopers asked anyone with information leading to Maddox’s arrest to contact the agency.