NASHVILLE — Attorneys began picking a jury this morning for the upcoming trial of a truck driver charged with killing six people on Interstate 75.
After agreeing that Benjamin Brewer’s case received too much media attention to find an impartial jury in Chattanooga, attorneys traveled to Nashville to whittle down a pool of 110 prospective jurors.
Criminal Court Judge Don Poole has already dismissed 40 jurors this morning who had hardships that can’t be rescheduled.
Right now, attorneys are reviewing questionnaires for the remaining 70 jurors and are expected to return to the courtroom in about 40 minutes.
Prosecutors say Brewer, 41, was driving past the federal limit for commercial motorists and was high on drugs when he crashed into stopped traffic on I-75 near the Ooltewah exit on June 25, 2015.