Truck driver faces trial in tollway crash that killed 8
he reckless homicide trial of a driver in a 2003 tollway crash has included descriptions of the moments before and after a semitrailer hit a 25-passenger tour bus.
Vincente Zepeda of Chicago is on trial this week in the deaths of 8 members of a women’s club. The crash also injured 15.
The women were returning from an outing to a Japanese gardens when Zepeda’s semitrailer struck the small tour bus from behind.
Bus passenger Ana Manglano says she noticed traffic slowing around them and looked up at the driver when there was “a terrible impact.”
A friend who had been sitting just in front Manglano, Ce Ellis of Chicago, died in the crash. She says Ellis ended up on top of her, her head on Manglano’s shoulder.
Zepeda’s attorney says his client may not have stopped quickly enough, but his conduct wasn’t criminal.