Ohio Truck Driver Guilty of Vehicular Homicide in Fiery I-70 Crash Sentenced

Truck driver in Tusky Valley bus crash that killed students gets maximum sentence

Judge David Branstool sentenced Jacob McDonald, a man found guilty of vehicular assault in a Nov. 2023 crash that killed six, during a hearing on June 30.

Ohio truck driver guilty of vehicular homicide in fiery I-70 crash sentenced

NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) – A man who was found guilty of vehicular homicide after a fiery crash on Interstate 70 in 2023 learned his fate in court Monday morning. Jacob McDonald, who was found guilty on six misdemeanor counts of vehicular homicide, announced a sentence of 180 days in prison for each count, to be served consecutively, Monday morning for his role in a fatal chain reaction crash on I-70 in Licking County. The maximum aggregate sentencin…

Ohio truck driver guilty of vehicular manslaughter in fiery I-70 crash sentenced

NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) – A man who was found guilty of vehicular manslaughter after a fiery crash on Interstate 70 in 2023 learned his fate in court Monday morning. Jacob McDonald, who was found guilty on six counts of vehicular manslaughter, announced a sentence of 180 days in prison for each count, to be served consecutively, Monday morning for his role in a fatal chain reaction crash on I-70 in Licking County. The maximum aggregate sentencing fo…

Family of victims blast truck driver, judge before sentencing in deadly Tusky Valley bus crash

Judge David Branstool found Jacob McDonald guilty on six misdemeanor counts of vehicular homicide, but ruled that he was not guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide.

Truck driver found guilty in connection with deadly Tusky Valley bus crash sentenced

Three students and three chaperones died in the November 2023 crash.

Eden Woman Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Vehicular Manslaughter

An Eden woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for vehicular manslaughter. Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Wicomico County, Kathleen Beckstead sentenced 40 year old Catherine Thornton on Friday – with no part of her sentence suspended. In April Thornton pleaded guilty to grossly negligent vehicular manslaughter and failure to stop at a scene involving death. Court records show that in December 2023, Thornton was driving on South Upp…