ESPN.com · Jul 1, 2019
Driver, 16, arrested in Auburn announcer's death
Police on Monday arrested the 16-year-old driver of a car that was involved in a fatal wreck that killed longtime Auburn radio announcer Rod Bramblett and his wife on May 25.
The Auburn Police Division said in a statement that Johnston Edward Taylor of Auburn was arrested at his home on Monday. He is charged with two counts of manslaughter and was being held at the Lee County Jail on $50,000 bond.
Bramblett, 53, and his wife, Paula, 52, died from injuries sustained in the car wreck on Shug Jordan Parkway around 7 p.m. ET on May 25. Police previously said that the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee that Taylor was driving struck the rear of the 2017 Toyota Highlander the Brambletts were in.