Truck driver faces manslaughter charges in Oklahoma crash that killed Texas softball players
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A tractor-trailer driver whose semi crashed into a bus in Oklahoma and killed four members of the North Central Texas College softball team faces manslaughter charges.
Murray County prosecutors on Friday charged 53-year-old Russell Wayne Staley, of Saginaw, Texas, with four counts of first-degree manslaughter. Killed in the crash were 19-year-old Meagan Richardson of Wylie, Texas; 18-year-old Katelynn Woodlee of Windom, Texas; 20-year-old Jaiden Pelton of Telephone, Texas; and 20-year-old Brooke Deckard of Scurry, Texas.
Staley's attorney did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment on the charges. Staley previously told investigators he was distracted by something in his cab.
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The team was returning to Gainesville, Texas, from Bethany on Sept. 26 when the northbound semi crossed the median on Interstate 35 and struck the southbound bus.