Former ‘American Idol’ Star Charged in Fatal DUI Crash

Former ‘American Idol’ Star Charged in Fatal DUI Crash
Caleb Andrew Kennedy. Spartanburg County Jail via AP
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PACOLET, S.C.—A country music singer who was a finalist on TV’s “American Idol” has been charged with driving under the influence resulting in death, South Carolina authorities said Wednesday.

Caleb Andrew Kennedy, 17, drove his pickup truck onto a private driveway and struck a residential building in Spartanburg County on Tuesday, killing a man who had been inside, according to Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.