{"id":84256,"date":"2026-01-12T01:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84256\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:42:18","slug":"family-reflects-on-robertson-co-man-killed-in-bourbon-co-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84256\/","title":{"rendered":"Family reflects on Robertson Co. man killed in Bourbon Co. crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ROBERTSON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) &#8211; A Robertson County man died in a crash on Bethlehem Road in Bourbon County Saturday night, his family confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Charles \u201cCJ\u201d McKee, 27, was killed in the crash. McKee was a father of three from Mt. Olivet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">McKee\u2019s mother, Melissa, said he was traveling through Bourbon County with his friend when the crash happened. She said his friend, Nate Pack, was driving and was charged with reckless homicide. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Bourbon County Sheriff\u2019s Office has not confirmed this with us, but the Bourbon County Jail\u2019s website shows Nate Pack was booked on that charge, along with failure to wear a seatbelt and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey\u2019ve been friends since middle school. I lost my baby, but Nate\u2019s life got ruined too,\u201d Melissa said.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/page\/wkyt-apps-for-ios-and-android-devices\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"WKYT Streaming Apps\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MEPHTWNVMREWLEQQWWFJM27ZMA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Family focuses on memories<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Melissa said the family is trying to focus on good memories of CJ despite the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cAlways the best, always in a good mood, and if you wasn\u2019t, he was gonna try to do something silly to make you laugh,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">McKee leaves behind three young children, along with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhere the girls are so young, they\u2019re not gonna remember him, but they was his world. He loved his kids, he loved his friends, he loved everybody. He was a great, great person,\u201d Melissa said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The family has set up a GoFundMe to help with McKee\u2019s final arrangements. You can find a link to that page<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-cj-mckees-family-memorial\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-cj-mckees-family-memorial\"> here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WKYT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROBERTSON COUNTY, Ky. 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