A Commerce woman is out of jail on bond after being arrested for 2nd-degree vehicular homicide. 26-year-old Kayla Brooke Osburn is charged in last year’s death of Wendell Lovell of Cleveland.
The 62-year-old Army veteran was killed on April 20, 2023, when, according to state troopers, a Hyundai Elantra driven by Osburn crossed over the center line on Highway 115 and struck his pickup truck. The impact caused the Chevy S-10 to overturn, killing Lovell.
The wreck, which happened near Holiness Campground Road, injured Osburn. In addition to vehicular homicide, authorities charged her with failure to maintain lane. Both charges are misdemeanors.
Osburn was taken into custody on Jan. 23 and booked at the White County Detention Center. She was released on a $3,000 bond.
