The firetruck they were riding in overturned, and the passenger in the truck died.
1:29 PM EDT November 1, 2023traffic crash that killed his coworker in JuneLuke Zimmerman, 26, faces charges of vehicular homicide in the first-degree, DUI, driving too fast for conditions, and failure to maintain lane, according to Ware County jail records. Zimmerman has since been released on a $30,750 bond after being arrested Friday. He spent three days in jail, records indicate.
"Several first responders were on scene actively trying to extract a passenger," an officer stated in the incident report. Zimmerman told the GADPS officer that he and"Blue," also known as 24-year-old Bobby Smith, was out checking fire hydrants when Zimmerman said he"may have taken the curve too fast causing him to lose control," the incident report states. Shortly after, the report states that Zimmerman was taken to a local hospital as he consented to a blood draw. Zimmerman's blood sample was sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Crime lab for testing, the report states.
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