Trucker Arraigned in Fatal Taylor Univ. Crash

A Michigan truck driver appeared in a Marion courtroom yesterday for arraignment in the case of the crash that killed four Taylor University students and a staff member. A judge assigned public defender Joe Lewis to represent the 37-year-old trucker, who faces charges of reckless homicide and criminal recklessness. The man’s truck crossed the median on I-69 last April and collided with a university van. Lewis says he plans to convince the court that the crash was an accident, not a crime. And Lewis says he plans to ask for a change of venue.