Man Indicted For Involvement in 2018 Racing Death of Eli Borders

By Jessie Williams

A Tompkinsville, Kentucky, man was arrested Friday, March 1, after being indicted on drag racing penalty and leaving the scene of an accident charges for his alleged involvement in the racing incident that led to the tragic death of former Macon County High School student Eli Borders.

Following the (sealed) indictment of Hayden T. Froedge, age 20, a bond hearing was held, and his bond was set at $60,000. 

Mr. Froedge was able to post bond, and was released from the Macon County Jail the same day. 

Froedge is being charged with drag racing, leaving the scene of an accident and drag racing penalty: serious bodily injury (2 counts). 

His next scheduled court date is set for March 25, 2019. 

Chronicle readers may recall that Macon County teen Eli Border was killed, and his 17-year-old passenger was injured, following a truck racing wreck on Long Creek Road, near the Johnson Road intersection on June 22, 2018.

Froedge is accused of driving the truck Borders was racing when the crash occurred and fleeing the scene.