TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) - The trial begins Tuesday for a man accused of driving his SUV into the Ochlockonee River while intoxicated, killing his passenger.
Jeffrey Rushing is charged with DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, and leaving the scene of a crash involving a death.
According to Leon County Deputies, in August 2014, Rushing and 20-year-old Jordan Nedeau were drinking at a party, then left together.
Deputies found Rushing passed out the next morning near a business at Woodlane Circle and Capital Circle Northwest. He told deputies he drove into the Ochlockonee River near the end of Tower Road, while Nedeau was still in the car.
The LCSO Dive Team found the car with Nedeau's body inside. An autopsy showed she died from drowning.
A jury was selected in the trial Monday. The trial will begin Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
