Trucker charged with accident 01-05-2011

A TRUCKER HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR HIS PART IN AN ILLINOIS CRASH THAT KILLED THREE MISSISSIPPI WOMEN. THE COLES COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS CHARGED EVERETT VAN DUZEE OF NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA WITH RECKLESS HOMICIDE, AGGRAVATED RECKLESS DRIVING AND OTHER CHARGES IN THE 2009 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND CRASH IN EASTERN ILLINOIS. AUTHORITIES CONTEND VAN DUZEE WAS OVERLY FATIGUED WHEN HIS TRUCK RAN INTO VEHICLES SLOWED BY CONSTRUCTION ON INTERSTATE 57 CAUSING A NINE VEHICLE PILEUP. SHEILA DOUGLAS, 61, OF BATESVILLE, AND DORIS HAMBLIN-MAYO, 60, AND JUANITA HALL, 80, BOTH OF SARAH, MISSISSIPPI DIED AFTER THEIR S.U.V. CAUGHT FIRE. In ALL 13 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED.