Kentucky woman all smiles in mugshot after drunkenly plowing Tesla through crowd: cops
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- Mar 24, 2026
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March 23, 2026, 8:08 p.m. ET
A Kentucky woman was all smiles in her mugshot after cops say she drunkenly plowed her Tesla through a crowd of pedestrians, injuring at least four people.
Kaydence Carpenter, 20, flashed her pearly whites for a booking photo at Fayette County Detention Center Sunday — hours after she allegedly drove the car over a curb and into a group of people in a downtown Lexington parking lot around 2:15 a.m.
Troubling video footage posted to X shows Carpenter — who reeked of booze and later bombed a sobriety field test, according to cops — arguing with four people on the sidewalk, before quickly ducking into the black Tesla Model 3 and throwing it into reverse.
Kaydence Carpenter, 20, flashed her pearly whites for a booking photo at Fayette County Detention Center Sunday.
Fayette County Detention Center
An aerial view of the scene then shows the vehicle suddenly accelerate forward, as around a dozen panicked bystanders desperately try to flee its path forward, the Lexington Herald Leader reported.
The Tesla is seen striking at least three people on its way out of the parking lot, then continuing to drive the wrong way down a one-way street — as incredulous bystanders chase after the vehicle.
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