The man accused of causing a wreck that left a 49 year-old father dead on GA 140 last week is now facing additional charges.
Reports said that Jesse Adam Ridgeway, 36 of Muscadine, Alabama, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs late last.
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A wreck on GA 140 left a man dead after his car collided with a dump truck Tuesday evening.
Reports said that William Chad Lance, 49 of Cedartown, was driving a white Acura eastbound when a westbound dump truck with Glen’s Trucking of Rome crossed the center line and struck the car head on.
Police said that the truck traveled close to 100 feet before coming to rest in a ditch.
The driver of the truck, Jesse Adam Ridgeway, 36 of Muscadine, had to be extricated and was taken to a local hospital before he was taken into police custody.
Ridgeway is charged with HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE IN 1ST DEGREE, Driving on Wrong Side of Roadway, Writing, sending, or reading text based communication while operating motor vehicle, DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED licence, Reckless Driving, Driving on Expired Tag.
Ridgeway is also wanted in Polk County on a child support warrant. .
