May 28, 2021 / 03:20 PM EST
Indiana State Police on Friday announced the arrest of Andrew King, 35, of Rochester. King has been charged with reckless homicide and false informing in connection to a fatal three-vehicle crash in Miami County on May 10.
Troopers were called to the area of U.S. 31 and Miami County Road 100 North on May 10 for reports of a crash.
Investigators learned King was distracted while driving a 2016 Volvo semi northbound on U.S. 31. King failed to stop at the red light and rear-ended a Toyota Corolla driven by Sarah Wallace, 32, of South Bend, police said. Her two young children Cecilia Wallace, 2, and Leo Wallace, 6 months, were backseat passengers in the vehicle.
A South Bend baby was killed Monday in a crash on U.S. 31 and two other people were seriously injured.
Police responded to a three-car crash just before 4 p.m. on U.S. 31 at Miami County Road 100 North. According to Indiana State Police, two vehicles were stopped or slowing down for a red light at Miami County Road when a semi did not stop and hit one of the vehicles, pushing it into the second vehicle.
Leo Wallace, 6Â months, was killed in the crash. Cecilia Wallace, 2, was flown to Riley s Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. She sustained life-threatening injuries. Sarah Wallace, 32, was transported to a Fort Wayne hospital with serious injuries.