NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The suspect of a deadly 2020 collision with multiple outstanding indictments, who was sought by police for years, is in custody Thursday.
Jose Damaso-Hernandez, 25, has six outstanding grand jury indictments for vehicular homicide by intoxication (2 counts), vehicular assault, aggravated child abuse (2 counts), and possession of cocaine.
The charges stem from a crash in August 2020 where Damaso-Hernandez crossed into oncoming traffic on Bell Road, hitting another vehicle head-on and killing the two passengers inside: Dalton Williams and Samantha Peevyhouse, both from Centerville.
Damaso-Hernandez was driving a Ford F-150 pickup truck with passenger Sadia Bonilla-Gomez, now 22, and a child who was improperly restrained. Damaso-Hernandez and Bonilla-Gomez both sustained life-threatening injuries from the crash, while the child had minor cuts.
Bonilla-Gomez has six outstanding warrants for vehicular homicide by intoxication (2 counts), vehicular assault, aggravated child abuse (2 counts), and an unrelated domestic assault charge.
Damaso-Hernandez was arrested in Bowling Green, Kentucky Thursday morning. No update has been provided on Bonilla-Gomez.
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