GRANDVILLE, MI – A Grandville truck driver has been charged in a fiery crash that killed three, including a young child, and injured 14.
The crash, involving a semi-tractor trailer and eight other vehicles, happened Sunday, Jan. 5, on I-65 near Lebanon, Indiana, Boone County sheriff’s deputies said.
The 34-year-old Grandville man told sheriff’s deputies he was driving north on I-65 when he looked down to put his coffee mug down and ran into slowing traffic, police said.
“It appears (the semi driver) collided with all 8 vehicles as he plowed through the back-up,” sheriff’s deputies said in a statement.
Killed were Mariah Tomey, 21, Hadley Tomey, 1, and Kaylee Kirk, 19, all of Lebanon, Indiana.
The crash occurred around 11:05 a.m. Sunday. Multiple callers reported a major crash near the Zionsville exit. Witnesses said that the victims’ vehicle was pinned against a guardrail by the semi-truck and caught fire.
They died at the scene.
Another vehicle was pushed over the guardrail and flipped onto the driver’s side, police said. Two occupants were pinned in and had to be removed by police and firefighters.
Fourteen people were hospitalized but their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
Police closed northbound I-65 and westbound I-865 for four hours while investigating.
The truck driver was jailed charged with three counts of reckless homicide, police said.
Sheriff Mike Nielsen called it a “sad day for two Boone County families,” and said that distracted or inattentive driving “is a major cause of many accidents on our public roadways.”
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