NEWPORT NEWS — A police aide here was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on charges in connection with a deadly crash last year.
Kirk Jones, 60 of Suffolk, is charged with one count of misdemeanor reckless driving and one count of involuntary manslaughter, according to Newport News Police.
He was originally charged with reckless driving, but that charge was dropped.
On Nov. 27, 2017, officers and emergency medical crews were dispatched to a traffic crash near the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Ivy Farms Road on a report of a two-vehicle collision.
An investigation indicated that a 2015 Hyundai sedan driven by Jones crossed the median and collided with a 2011 Volkswagen sedan driven by Jonquay Kyron Byrd, 23, of Newport News.
Byrd was taken to a hospital. He died of his injuries two days later.
Police said Jones was placed on administrative leave, without pay, pending the outcome of the case.

