KY - Drunken Tesla driver plows through crowd, injuring 4 people - Fayette County, 22 March 2026

[Clearsky]

Kentucky Tesla driver, 20, all smiles in mugshot after drunkenly plowing through crowd: cops

She flashed her pearly whites for a booking photo at a detention center — hours after she allegedly drove her Tesla into a group of people in a parking lot.

nypost.com

Kaydence Carpenter, 20, flashed her pearly whites for a booking photo at Fayette County Detention Center on Sunday — hours after she allegedly drove the car over a curb and into a group of people in a downtown Lexington parking lot around 2:15 a.m.

 

[tlcya]

Nothing says stoopid drunk like a big ole goofy grin in your DWI photo MOO
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Lexington police arrested Kaydence Carpenter at 2:20 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Short and Mill streets. According to an arrest citation, she was “driving with extreme indifference to the value of human life.”

Carpenter made her first court appearance in Fayette District Court on Monday afternoon after posting bail. Her attorney entered a not guilty plea on her behalf.
Woman pleads not guilty after allegedly driving into crowd in downtown Lexington

Carpenter was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment, second-degree assault, reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, and an Alcoholic Beverage Control licensee allowing a person under the age of 21 to remain on a premises where alcohol is sold.

She was lodged in the Fayette County Detention Center on a $5,000 cash bond and has since been released. She’s set to appear in court at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 23. An investigation into the alleged Sunday morning DUI assault remains ongoing.
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