Kannon Wayne Chaney Obituary, Death – The Shasta County Coroner’s Office has officially identified the passenger who was killed in a DUI crash in Redding early Sunday morning as 21-year-old Kannon Wayne Chaney from Anderson. Authorities have notified Chaney’s next of kin, and a postmortem examination will be scheduled soon.
The incident is still under investigation by both the Redding Police Department and the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO). The 19-year-old driver, Cristian Bennett of Redding, has been taken into custody and booked into the county jail. He faces several charges, including vehicular manslaughter, DUI causing great bodily injury or death, and driving without a license.
There was another passenger in the vehicle at the time of the crash, but they were not injured and were released at the scene, according to the SCSO.