Commonwealth v. Alexander

GRAVES, Justice.

William B. Alexander, a Sheriffs Deputy with the Fayette County Police Department, was convicted in the Fayette Circuit Court of reckless homicide for the death of Robert Nesbitt. Nesbitt was killed when Officer Alexander’s cruiser collided with Nesbitt’s vehicle as Nesbitt was turning left from White Street on to Newtown Pike in Lexington, Kentucky. Officer Alexander was responding to an emergency call and was traveling with emergency lights and siren activated. At the time of the collision, both the dispatcher and the Fayette County Police Department had canceled the…