Semi trailer driver Bruce Pollard, 57, was arrested Sunday on charges of reckless homicide and criminal recklessness causing injury stemming from a deadly pileup
A mother and her 18-month-old twin daughters were killed in a fiery, seven-vehicle pileup on an Indianapolis freeway over the weekend that led to the arrest of a truck driver.
Indiana State Police say the crash happened about midday Sunday on eastbound Interstate 465.
A preliminary police investigation has revealed that a semi tractor-trailer hit the back of a line of vehicles backed-up in traffic due to construction. The first car struck burst into flames, killing everyone inside.
Police said in a statement that 29-year-old Alanna Norman Koons and her daughters, June and Ruby Koons, of Indianapolis, died in that vehicle.
Seven other motorists were injured in the chain-reaction crash, two of them suffering serious injuries. Five of the victims are said to be in good condition.
Pollard was allegedly speeding when he slammed into a line of vehicles backed-up in traffic due to construction on I-465 in Indianapolis
The first vehicle Pollard's truck (pictured) struck burst into flames, killing a mother and her 18-month-old twin daughters
Pollard pinned a silver Toyota (left) to the shoulder and dragged it for 300 feet
Debris from the chain-reaction crash is seen littering a stretch of I-465 Sunday
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SharePolice say the semi driver, 57-year-old Bruce Pollard, of Sturgeon, Missouri, was speeding at the time of the collision.
He was arrested on preliminary charges including three counts of reckless homicide and five counts of criminal recklessness causing injury.
Pollard told investigators that he was going eastbound on I-465 at about 30mph when a white car cut him off, then sped away, reported WTHR.
The truck driver said he activated his brakes to avoid a collision and ended up slamming into the vehicles lined up in front of him.
Pollard's truck overturned a Chevy truck with a mobile home hitched to it (marked V4 & 5)
Pollard told investigators that he was going eastbound at about 30mph when a white car cut him off, then sped away
After striking Koons' car and causing it to catch fire, Pollard hit two other cars, overturned a Chevy truck with a mobile home hitched to it, dragged a fourth car 300 feet after pinning it against the interstate shoulder, and smashed into two additional cars before finally coming to a stop.
'Investigators have determined he was allegedly driving well above the posted speed limit at the time of the collision,' the Indiana State Police said in a press release.
According to her Facebook page, Alanna Koons and had her husband, Joey, had just celebrated their third wedding anniversary last week.
Her LinkedIn page indicates that 29-year-old Koons earned a Bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University and worked as a freelance graphic designer.
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