Tractor-trailer driver John Wayne Johnson charged with vehicular homicide

A tractor-trailer driver and his employer accused of causing a fiery interstate crash that killed five nursing students from Georgia Southe University, have been indicted by a grand jury.

The Bryan County grand jury indicted John Wayne Johnson of Shreveport, Louisiana, on five counts of homicide by vehicle in the first degree and serious injury by vehicle, as well as reckless driving, failure to exercise due care and one count of following too closely. His employer, Total Transportation is also separately charged with one count of serious injury by vehicle in the first degree and one count of criminal responsibility of corporations.

The crash occurred on April 22^nd on Interstate 16 when a tractor-trailer slammed into the students’ car during stop-and-go traffic backed up by an unrelated wreck.

The victims included Amber DeLoach, Emily Clark, Caitlyn Baggett, McKay Pittman and Morgan Bass. All of the women who died were between 20 and 21 years old.