Man charged in deadly auto crash (Article is by The Daily Texan online)
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By Liz Austin (The Associated Press)
PrintEmail DoubleClick Any Word Page 1 of 1 A tractor-trailer driver accused of causing a multi-vehicle pileup that killed 10 people was charged
Tuesday with criminally negligent homicide.
Miroslav Jozwiak was arraigned Tuesday after court officials found a Polish interpreter, Justice of the Peace Greg Middents said. Authorities had
tried to arraign Jozwiak late Monday, but he could not understand the proceedings, Middents said.
Five members of a McKinney family and five people traveling in a pickup truck were killed Monday afternoon when Jozwiak's truck crossed a median on
U.S. Highway 75 about 60 miles north of Dallas and struck the pickup and a sport utility vehicle.
The victims in the SUV included three McKinney children, identified by police as Chance Martin, 4; Brock Martin, 2; and Reid Martin, 6 weeks. Their
mother Lisa Wood Martin, 32; and grandmother, Betsy Wood, 72; also died in the crash.
The five killed in the pickup truck were identified as: Manuel Esparza, 39; J. Marcos Esparza, 41; Hector Zapata, 33; Joel Mendoza Ruiz, 36 and German
Esparza Velazquez, 19.
Middents said the two others in the pickup were taken to Parkland Hospital. Candelario Esparza was in fair condition there Tuesday. The Dallas Morning
News reported the other passenger, Javier Esparza, had been released.
Jozwiak was briefly hospitalized with broken teeth and bruises. Authorities did not know why his truck crossed the median.
Jozwiak almost broke down when he heard the charges, Middents said.
"Basically he kept saying over and over he was not guilty," he said.
Michael Martin, whose wife, mother-in-law and children were killed as they returned from a shopping trip in Sherman, released a handwritten statement
Tuesday night. In it, he described his wife as a "bubbly and gregarious" mother, his son Chance as "a great ball player and dynamo," and his son
Brock as a "renowned charmer."
The Rev. Bryan Sharp of High Pointe Church of Christ in McKinney said Michael Martin is devastated.
"This young man lost his entire family instantly. He's in shock," Sharp told the newspaper. "I didn't see any indication of anger this morning;
they're just dealing with their loss right now."
Brigid Cadena Esparza, 35, said her husband, Marcos, son, German Esparza Velazquez, and three other relatives were on their way home from a roofing
job north of Sherman when they were killed.
"I just want justice," she told the newspaper. "They don't need to die like that. They were just workers. They just loved to be with their
family."
No funeral information was not available for the occupants of the pickup truck. Brigid Cadena Esparza, said she was preparing to return her
relatives' bodies to Mexico for burial.
A memorial service for the Martins was scheduled for Thursday morning at the High Pointe Church of Christ. A memorial service for Wood was scheduled
for Thursday afternoon.
(what the reports don't say is that the dude never touched his breaks. and even though the guy was polish and needed an interpreter, he was employed
by Eagle Trucking. This happened shortly before Bush signed the open highway policy to promote trade between Mexico, Canada and the US.) (However, He
was a legal immigrant though. His driving skills were poor, and his issuance of a driver's liscense and his truck driver's liscense had a short time
span, meaning he wasn't given the time to develope his driving skills before he was allowed to drive a truck here in the States.) My point being is
that regardless of what status anyone is here in the States it is irresponsible for anyone to take to the roads without the experiences of driving.
Flawed logic ...
