Trucker On Trial In Double-Fatal I-95 Crash
2 Flagler College Coeds Killed In November 2005 Wreck
POSTED: Thursday, July 24, 2008
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BUNNELL, Fla. -- The trial of a trucker charged with killing two Flagler College students on Interstate 95 continues.Miguel A. Leon of Ponte Vedra is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide.Prosecutors say he slammed his tractor-trailer rig into the back of a Volkswagen Beetle, killing two Flagler College students sitting in the backseat. Eighteen-year-old Jessica Kaufman, and 20-year-old Lindsay Chain died, while two others -- the driver and a person in the passenger seat -- were injured.During testimony Wednesday, a witness testified Leon braked at least twice before he hit the VW. The witness -- another trucker -- said Leon's truck brake lights come on two or three times and she had to slow down because Leon slowed.Leon faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
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