Truck Driver Charged in Ohio Interstate Crash That Killed 3 Students, 3 Others

Published on July 22, 2024

A truck driver in Ohio has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in a chain-reaction crash involving a charter bus filled with high school students that left six people dead and 18 injured. The crash on Interstate 70 last November killed three students on the bus and a teacher and two chaperones who were in a vehicle hit by the tractor trailer. Jacob McDonald, of Zanesville, was indicted Thursday on charges that also include vehicular assault and is being held in jail on a $1 million bond. Court records did not list an attorney for Mr. McDonald. Calls to listings for Mr. McDonald were not answered....