Woman who drove wrong way on I-65, killing Alvaton woman, arrested on murder charge

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The woman who drove the wrong way on 1-65, crashing into a vehicle and killing an Alvaton woman, has been arrested and charged with one count of murder.

On Friday, Cassandra A. Garrison, 30, of St. Louis, Missouri, was arrested by the Nashville Metro Police Department on a murder warrant issued by Warren Circuit Court.

Garrison is currently lodged in Hill Detention Center in Nashville, Tennessee awaiting extradition to Warren County.

The investigation into the accident showed that Garrison was driving a 2015 Dodge Journey south on I-65 near the 24 mile marker when, according to witnesses, Garrison’s vehicle “braked to an extremely low rate of speed.” A passenger then exited the Dodge, with Garrison changing direction and traveling north in the southbound lanes.

The Dodge then struck a 2003 Ford Mustang, being driven by 41-year-old Amy Eakles, of Alvaton, head-on, according to Kentucky State Police.

Garrison and Eakles were originally transported to The Medical Center in Bowling Green. Eakles was later airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she succumbed to injuries later that evening. Garrison was transferred Veto Skyline Medical Center in Nashville for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

By Ken Howlett, News Director

Contact Ken at ken@k105.com or 270-259-6000