ARIZONA, USA — Two children are dead after a multiple vehicle collision on U.S. 93, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Saturday morning.
The children were reportedly riding in a van with five other family members when the van was hit by a pickup truck. The collision happened after the pickup truck crossed the center striped line and struck the lead axle of a semi-trailer in tow by a commercial truck-tractor.
The other five family members were transferred to a local hospital with minor injuries, the department said. The pickup truck driver was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and the commercial truck driver was not injured.
The pickup truck's driver, 42-year-old Jonathan Eugene Floyd, was booked into the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office 4th Avenue Jail for homicide and aggravated assault on Sunday. Additional criminal charges are pending.
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