Police: Ex-‘American Idol’ Star Took Marijuana Before Crash

Police: Ex-‘American Idol’ Star Took Marijuana Before Crash
This undated photo provided by Spartanburg County Jail shows Caleb Andrew Kennedy. Spartanburg County Jail via AP
The Associated Press
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Marijuana was involved in a deadly South Carolina crash in which a former “American Idol” contestant has been charged with driving under the influence, according to an arrest warrant.

Caleb Kennedy, 17, ran over a man with his pickup truck Tuesday after driving up a residential driveway, authorities said. Kennedy told deputies after the crash that he had taken a “deep draw” from a vaping device and then felt its effects while driving, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday.