A tractor-trailer driver from Chicago has been charged after authorities say he was under the influence of marijuana during a deadly crash in Hopkinsville.
According to Kentucky State Police, the crash occurred Saturday night in the 4800 block of Fort Campbell Boulevard. Investigators say 36-year-old Gerasimos Livieratos was driving a tractor-trailer southbound when he attempted to make a U-turn into the northbound lanes.
During the maneuver, a vehicle driven by Bernice Franklin, 33, of Clarksville collided with the trailer. Authorities said Franklin’s vehicle went underneath the trailer, and he was pronounced dead at the scene…