Truck driver charged with 3 deaths in crash

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A truck driver was charged with vehicular homicide Thursday after police concluded he failed to properly secure a wood-chipper that came loose from his truck and crashed into a minivan carrying a man and his 4-year-old triplets.
Spencer Morrison and two of the triplets, Alaina and Garret, died in the April 13 wreck. The surviving child, Ethan, remains in critical but stable condition with head, face and leg injuries. Authorities said the truck driver, Bradley Demitras, was speeding and had drugs in his system. The wood-chipper came loose from the truck on a highway near Pittsburgh and collided with the minivan at about 70 mph.
Demitras, 34, who works for a tree service company, was charged with three counts each of homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter, along with various traffic violations.
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