Fayette County, KY : Accused of causing Lexington I-75 crash that killed 3, woman is repeat drunken driver on Friday, 6th September 2019

A woman with a history of drunken driving convictions is accused of causing a fiery three-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 in Fayette County that killed three people late Wednesday and closed the road through Thursday morning rush hour, Lexington police said.

Tammy Marie Bevins Rodriguez, 42, who was fleeing Winchester police when she crashed head-on into two vehicles on I-75, is charged with driving under the influence and without an operator’s license, Lexington police said. Additional charges are pending in Fayette and Clark counties, police said.

Rodriguez has four prior convictions for drunken driving in Pike and Shelby counties, according to state court records. She also has convictions around Kentucky for public intoxication, endangering the welfare of a minor, prostitution, shoplifting and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to court records.

In an interview, Winchester police Capt. James Hall said a Clark County sheriff’s deputy spotted Rodriguez allegedly speeding east on Interstate 64 shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday. Rodriguez, behind the wheel of a Ford F-150 truck, was driving erratically, so the deputy tried to stop her, Hall said. Rodriguez then made a U-turn through the interstate’s median and headed west toward Fayette County, he said.


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