Charges Filed Against Truck Driver In Crash That Killed Three

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INDIANAPOLIS —  On Thursday prosecutors filed reckless homicide charges against a Missouri semi driver for a highway construction zone crash in Indianapolis that killed a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters.

Marion County prosecutors say computer data from the truck driven by 57 year old Bruce Pollard, of Sturgeon, Missouri, show it was going 65 mph and didn’t start braking until it slammed into the first of several vehicles slowed for the construction zone on I-465 about noon last Sunday (7/7/19).

The crash killed 29-year-old Alanna Norman Koons of Indianapolis and her daughters, June and Ruby Koons. They were trapped inside their burning car after it was hit by the semi.

Five other cars were hit before the semi stopped.

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Another driver told investigators traffic on the highway was going about 30 mph when the crash happened.

Pollard could face up to six years in prison on each of the three felony reckless homicide counts filed against him.

More charges could be filed.

Pollard did undergo a blood test by results have not been released.

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