AUBURN â A truck driver who caused a triple-fatality crash three months ago on Interstate 69 north of Auburn will not be charged with a crime, DeKalb County Prosecutor Claramary Winebrenner said Tuesday.
On Sept. 16 at 3:18 p.m., James Crager, 70, of Angola drove his semi into a line of traffic that was slowing or stopped for construction. The chain-reaction crash killed William Heil, 65, of Lake James, Angola, and married couple Dale E. Lowe, 81, and Jean E. Lowe, 72, of Charlotte, Michigan.
âAll of the evidence in this case confirms that Mr. Crager did not see the stopped and slowed traffic until it was too late. Most other drivers did see this hazard, but inattentiveness alone is not a crime,â Winebrenner said in a news release Tuesday.