Three Dead, Seven Injured in Indianapolis Crash

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters died in a fiery, seven-vehicle crash on an Indianapolis freeway, authorities said. 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 caught fire. Photos: Fatal Indianapolis Freeway Crash 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. Police say the semi driver, 57-year-old Bruce Pollard of Sturgeon, Missouri, was speeding. He was arrested on preliminary charges including reckless homicide. Court records Monday don't list a lawyer who can speak on his behalf. Police say seven others were hospitalized in the crash. It wasn't clear how fast Pollard was traveling, but safety advocates say a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate late last month could help to prevent or at least lessen the impact of crashes like this. The measure sponsored by Sens. Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican, and Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, would require semis to have electronic devices that limit their speed to 65 mph. The measure would take the place of a proposed Department of Transportation regulation that has "languished in the federal process" for over a decade, the sponsors said. The majority of trucks ...
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