Man drives into Moore OK girls track team, killing 2, his son was killed in car crash day before

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Source--https://www.koco.com/article/manslaughter-dui-among-charges-filed-against-driver-accused-of-hitting-moore-students-killing-2/30812027


snip--"MOORE, Okla. —
Formal charges are filed against Max Townsend, the man accused of crashing his pickup truck into a group of Moore High School students, killing two of them and injuring four others, according to the Cleveland County District Attorney's Office.

Townsend, 57, is charged Friday with 13 counts, including:

Two counts of first-degree manslaughter
Two counts of leaving the scene of a fatality accident
Four counts of DUI causing great bodily injury
Five counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury
Townsend was taken into custody blocks away from where six cross-country runners were hit Monday afternoon. Senior Rachel Freeman was pronounced dead at the scene, and sophomore Yuridia Martinez died at an area hospital.


snip--"Townsend was arrested and booked into the Cleveland County Jail. Police said Townsend is the father of a 28-year-old man who died Sunday afternoon during a multivehicle crash near Buck Thomas Park in Moore.

District Attorney Greg Mashburn said during a news conference Friday that at this time, there is no evidence showing Townsend crashed into the students intentionally. Mashburn said they believe Townsend had spent the day drinking, mourning the loss of his son, before the deadly crash near the school."