Deputies arrested a Chattanooga man after an investigation indicated he was mud riding in the woods in the middle of the night and crashed, killing one of his friends, authorities said.
In late September, 27-year-old Kurtis Montgomery was camping with friends a few yards from Highway 157 in Walker County. But about 4 a.m., Walker County sheriff’s deputies were called to the campsite and found Adam Guthrie, 27, of Chattanooga, dead and trapped inside a Jeep, Sheriff Steve Wilson said.
Montgomery told police that Guthrie had driven the Jeep into the woods and his friends had found him later in the night, Wilson said.
But after two weeks of investigating, sheriff’s investigators found the story didn’t match up with the evidence, he said.
Police believe Montgomery was intoxicated and driving the vehicle in a muddy area when it somehow flipped, Wilson said.