No Charges Yet For Truck Driver

By Margaret Lyons in News on Apr 28, 2008 7:40PM

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The truck driver behind the wheel of the semi that crashed into the Cermak/Chinatown Red Line stop was given a traffic citation last night. Don Wells, 64, hasn't been charged with anything else, even though two people died and 21 were injured in the crash.

Police say further charges are possible and that they're still investigating. Wells apparently tested negative for alcohol and use, but according to witnesses, the truck didn't slow down at all before crashing through a bus stop and then the station itself. The CTA surveillance footage of the incident has been turned over to investigators. [S-T, Trib profiles of the victims, AP (video), AP photo]

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