Trucker in Taylor Crash Enters Plea Agreement

A Michigan truck driver has entered a plea agreement in the case surrounding last year’s fatal crash with a Taylor University van. The 38-year-old man agreed to plead guilty to five counts of reckless homicide and four counts of criminal recklessness. Grant County Prosecutor James Luttrull says that in exchange, the man would get four to 24 years in prison, rather than the 18 to 72 years he could have gotten if a jury convicted him of the crimes. In April of 2006 the man’s semi crossed the median on I-69 in Grant County and collided with the van. Officials say the trucker had driven at least nine hours more than federal rules allow before he fell asleep behind the wheel.