Louisville officer who drove without lights, sirens before fatal crash faces no charges

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Jefferson County Grand Jury chose not to indict a Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) officer on any charges after a deadly crash earlier this year.

In April, Officer Alyssa Begel was speeding on Fern Valley Road to assist with an emergency request for help from EMS crews when she crashed into another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle, 61-year-old Charles Briscoe, died at the scene.

Dashcam video from inside Begel’s cruiser showed the officer weaving in and out of lanes of traffic to avoid other drivers and barreling through intersections, all without her emergency lights or sirens on…

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