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DPS Confirms Driver Fatigue in I-20 Pileup and Names All Five Victims

Officials are probing the rig’s black box alongside the carrier’s safety record ahead of the scheduled trial.

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A truck driver is facing six counts of manslaughter in connection with a deadly crash on Interstate 20 in Kaufman County, Texas this past weekend.
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Overview

  • Five people have been officially identified among the fatalities of the June 28 crash near Terrell, including four members of the McKellar family and 49-year-old Nicole Gregory of Dallas.
  • DPS investigators determined that the driver, 27-year-old Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni, fell asleep at the wheel and collided with stopped traffic at high speed.
  • Gonzalez-Companioni remains in custody facing five counts of manslaughter and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
  • Twenty-year-old Evan McKellar is the sole survivor of the McKellar family and remains in critical condition at Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
  • Authorities and family attorneys are examining the semi-truck’s electronic control modules and reviewing Hope Trans LLC’s history of hours-of-service violations.