RESERVE, La. — A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent murder for his function in a fiery freeway pileup that left eight lifeless final 12 months after a “tremendous fog” of marsh fireplace smoke and dense fog snared greater than 160 automobiles, authorities stated.
On Oct. 23, Ronald Britt was working a truck at unsafe speeds on Interstate 55 west of New Orleans when he slammed into the again of a automobile that had stopped within the left lane behind a number of different automobiles concerned in minor crashes, Louisiana State Police stated in a press release Tuesday. That collision killed 60-year-old James Fleming and significantly injured his spouse.
Britt, a 61-year-old industrial truck driver from Lafayette, was arrested on a number of expenses, together with negligent murder, negligent injuring, reckless operation and different traffic-related offenses, state police stated.
Britt voluntarily surrendered to authorities Monday. It was unknown if he has an legal professional who might converse on his behalf.
