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Fatigued Driver’s I-20 Crash Triggers Expanded Safety Probes

Authorities are probing Hope Trans LLC’s hours-of-service compliance following a fatigued driver’s collision on I-20 that left five people dead

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

  • Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni, 27, was arrested and charged with five counts of manslaughter and one count of aggravated assault after investigators say he fell asleep at highway speeds and plowed into stopped traffic on June 28
  • Twenty-year-old Evan McKellar is the sole survivor of the Ford F-150 and remains in critical condition at Parkland Hospital after undergoing a foot amputation in the crash that killed her parents, brother and grandfather along with another motorist
  • Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to broaden its investigation into the crash and Hope Trans LLC while the National Transportation Safety Board has opened its own parallel probe
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration audits show Hope Trans LLC incurred 33 hours-of-service violations over the past two years and a 33.8 percent out-of-service rate—more than 10 points above the national average
  • A GoFundMe campaign for Evan McKellar has raised over $38,000 for medical and funeral expenses, and local organizations are coordinating additional relief efforts