Truck driver faces dozens of felony expenses after colliding with loaded college bus in Indiana
A truck driver is dealing with a slew of great expenses for his function in a collision involving a faculty bus loaded with college students in Warsaw, Indiana, over the weekend.
Brooklyn, New York, primarily based truck driver Victor Santos, is dealing with 26 felony counts to “match the 26 victims of this crime,” in keeping with the Warsaw, Indiana, Police Division (WPD).
The costs embody 4 counts of Inflicting Severe Bodily Harm Whereas Working a Car (Working whereas Intoxicated) and 22 counts of Prison Recklessness (Whereas Armed with a Lethal Weapon).
Bond for Santos was set at $75,000 Surety plus $2,500 money.
The costs had been issued following a crash that occurred shortly after 8 p.m. on November 12 after WPD obtained complaints a couple of semi truck being operated by Santos erratically and at excessive speeds whereas coming into the Warsaw metropolis limits westbound on U.S. 30.
Two minutes after WPD dispatched officers to answer the complaints, the obtained new stories that the truck had collided with a faculty bus carrying a highschool hockey workforce on the intersection of Heart Avenue, inflicting the bus to overturn.
The semi truck continued driving west for about an eighth of a mile then went right into a ditch.
WPD mentioned that witnesses indicated that Santos ran a pink mild “by a number of seconds earlier than placing the bus throughout its flip.”
Police say that they obtained a search warrant to attract blood for a substance use take a look at after noticing indicators of alcohol impairment in Santos. Santos reportedly failed area sobriety assessments however refused a chemical take a look at.
The occupants of the bus included 23 college students from St. Ignatius School Prep in Chicago, two coaches, and the bus driver. Sixteen of the bus occupants had been injured. Three of the accidents had been thought-about essential, however WPD later mentioned that all the individuals injured on this crash are actually listed in secure situation.
