4 children died as a semi slams into their vehicle on Indiana highway

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Four young siblings were slaughtered when a semitrailer slammed into their vehicle that had eased back down for a construction zone on Interstate 70 in eastern Indiana, state police said.

The vehicle was driven into another semitrailer and burst into blazes Thursday evening. A bystander had the option to pull the vehicle's driver from the vehicle and he was taken to an Indianapolis medical clinic with extreme wounds, state police representative Sgt. John Bowling said.

The semitrailer didn't manage to back off for traffic that was moving toward the construction zone close to Cambridge City around 15 miles west of the Indiana-Ohio state line, he said. Examiners believe the semi driver had been utilizing drugs and plan to look for criminal accusations against him. He endured wounds that are not viewed as dangerous.

Those murdered in the accident were recognized as Anesa Noel Acosta, 15; Quintin Michael McGowan, 13; Brekkin Riley Bruce, 8; and Trentin Beau Bruce, 6. The vehicle's driver, Aaron Bruce, 34, of Kansas City, Missouri, is the dad of the two young kids, Bowling said. He said the four children were siblings however he didn't promptly have a clue where they lived.

The accident shut down the expressway's eastward paths for around 12 hours.