This photograph supplied by Spartanburg County Jail exhibits Caleb Andrew Kennedy. (Spartanburg County Jail through AP)
Marijuana was concerned in a lethal South Carolina crash through which a former "American Idol" contestant has been charged with driving underneath the affect, in line with an arrest warrant.
Caleb Kennedy, 17, ran over a person together with his pickup truck Tuesday after driving up a residential driveway, authorities mentioned. Kennedy informed deputies after the crash that he had taken a "deep draw" from a vaping gadget after which felt its results whereas driving, a prosecutor mentioned in court docket Wednesday.
Kennedy's lawyer, Ryan Beasley, mentioned no alcohol was concerned.
The warrant is the primary indication that marijuana is a part of the prosecution's felony cost, which carries a sentence of as much as 25 years in jail.
The crash was a "horrible accident," and Kennedy is deeply sorry, Beasley informed The Related Press. Beasley mentioned he believes that one thing brought on a response with prescription treatment that Kennedy was taking.
The nation music singer is accused of driving his truck into Larry Duane Parris, 54, who was standing simply exterior his store the place he fixes boats in Spartanburg County, authorities mentioned. The influence of Tuesday's crash drove Parris contained in the store, the place he was discovered by his daughter, Solicitor Barry Barnette mentioned.
In a 911 name, Parris' daughter could be heard screaming for assist, and Kennedy could be heard on the tape saying he was sorry as he held the dying man contained in the store, the solicitor mentioned. Parris was later pronounced useless at a hospital.
"He was holding the sufferer in his arms when the police obtained there," Beasley informed the AP.
"This was clearly a horrible, horrible accident," Beasley mentioned. Kennedy, a highschool junior, "by all indications is a good scholar, by no means been in bother."
Kennedy is being charged as an grownup and stays jailed after a decide denied any bond for now. Beasley mentioned he deliberate to request bond at a court docket listening to later this month.
Kennedy superior into the High 5 of the ABC expertise present final yr, however dropped out after a video circulated of him sitting subsequent to somebody carrying what gave the impression to be a Ku Klux Klan hood.
Kennedy apologized on the time for the video, saying on social media that "it displayed actions that weren't meant to be taken in that method."
Kennedy's mom, Anita Man, informed information retailers that the video was filmed when Kennedy was 12 and had been taken out of context. She mentioned Kennedy had been imitating characters from a film.
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