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An Indiana woman has been charged with reckless homicide, accused offatally striking three siblingswith her truck as they crossed the road to board a school bus on Tuesday.
Alyssa Shepherd, 24, was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon. She was charged with three counts of reckless homicide and one misdemeanor count of disregarding a stop sign and causing injury, PEOPLE confirms. According to court records, she was taken to the Fulton County Jail, and released Tuesday night on a $15,000 surety bond.
Alivia Stahl, 9, and her 6-year-old twin brothers Xzavier and Mason Ingle were killed in the crash that occurred at about 7 a.m. in Rochester.
A fourth child, an 11-year-old boy, was also struck. He was transported to a Fort Wayne hospital in a medical helicopter and remains in critical condition. “He has multiple broken bones. My last report was that he was conscious so that’s a good thing,” according to Slocum. The boy was not related to the children who were killed.
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Indiana State Police
At the time of the incident, there were other children at the bus stop. No children were on the bus.
“It’s a very delicate situation. Just a very, very sad situation,” Slocum told reporters. “There are young children who might have witnessed a very catastrophic event. It’s a very hard scene. I haven’t seen troopers cry in a long time.”
Slocum added, “The father had to come out and identify his children, it was excruciating.”
AGoFundMe page, with a $100,000 goal, was created to benefit the Ingle family.
The Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation released a statement onFacebookTuesday morning.
Court records do not reflect whether Shepherd has retained an attorney. She did immediately return PEOPLE’s messages for comment.
source: people.com
