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LAUREL COUNTY â A 37-year-old London woman died Wednesday after she reportedly was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and hit a barn when the driver ran off the roadway and struck two fence posts and a tree. The driver was arrested for manslaughter following the crash.
Rebecca Warren was pronounced dead at the scene by the Laurel County Coroner's Office.
William Petrey, age 37, of Woodbine was arrested for second-degree manslaughter and is being held in Laurel County Correctional Center.
Laurel Sheriff's Lieut./Accident Reconstructionist Chris Edwards along with Laurel Sheriff's detectives and deputies investigated the crash which occurred on Pine Grove School Road, approximately 4 miles south of London at 8:55 a.m.