CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW)- A Kentucky man has been formally charged with killing a Clarksville Street worker in September 2019.
Paul Jeff Dunn, 63, of Greenville, Ky., is charged with one count of criminally negligent homicide in the September 3, 2019 death of Jeffrey Prosecky.
Prosecky, 34, a Street Department employee was working at the corner of Riverside Drive and College Street on Sept. 3, 2019, when he was struck by a tractor-trailer turning from Riverside Drive at At 10:42 a.m.
Prosecky died at the scene from his fatal injuries.
The tractor-trailer driver did not stop, and police followed leads to locate the driver and vehicle in Kentucky.
Kentucky State Police and Clarksville Police worked together to secure search warrants for the trailer, which allowed law enforcement to transport it to Tennessee for processing by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, according to a news release from Richard Stevens, City of Clarksville spokesman.
An inspection determined the trailer was involved in the fatal crash, and subsequent investigation revealed that Dunn was the driver of the tractor-trailer when it struck Prosecky.
Family members, coworkers at the Street Department, City leaders and members of the Tennessee General Assembly gathered June 30 at the corner of Riverside and College streets for the unveiling of a plaque honoring Prosecky memory .
Dunn will be arraigned in Circuit Court in August.