The stage is set for Ben Brewer to be extradited to Tennessee to face charges

Ben Brewer speaks to public defender Erin Lueker while appearing before Judge T. Bruce Bell on charges of trafficking methamphetamines and criminal mischief during a preliminary hearing at Fayetteville County District Court in Lexington, Ky., on August 19, 2015. Brewer, the semi-truck driver involved in the I-75 accident in June that killed six people, was arrested in Lexington, Ky. on August 7, 2015 and faces charges in Tennessee.

Ben Brewer is shown in this booking photo from Janesville, Wis.

Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press. Maria Shepherd holds back tears during a candlelight vigil on Friday June 26, 2015 for Ocoee Middle School’s band director, Brian Gallaher, who was one of the six people killed in a crash on I-75 late Thursday evening.

A Chattanooga Police Department Photo by Craig Joel shows scenes from the multiple fatality wreck at Exit 11 in Ooltewah.

Scenes from the multiple fatality wreck at Exit 11 in Ooltewah.

Charges against truck driver Ben Brewer have been dropped in Kentucky, setting the stage for the man accused of plowing into motorists, killing several, to face charges in Hamilton County.

Brewer signed a waiver of extradition on August 19, which will allow him to be returned to Tennessee to stand trial on a handful of charges stemming from his accident.

Brewer, 39, was charged in early August with six counts of vehicular homicide, four counts of reckless aggravated assault, driving under the influence of narcotics, speeding, and making false reports.

Brewer, of London, Ky., was on duty for about 50 consecutive hours in the three days leading up to the June 25 crash, according to a preliminary report released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board. And he’d driven for 15 consecutive hours before crashing in Chattanooga, according to the report.

Brewer’s trip began in London, Ky., on June 22. A new hire, Brewer planned to make his first run for Cool Runnings Express, looping from London, Ky., to Haines City, Fla., and back within a week. But the trip quickly went wrong.