Semi-Truck Was 'Too Close' to Charter Bus, Causing Deadly Ohio Crash, Report Says

Six people — including three students and three adults — were killed in the Nov. 14 crash on Interstate 70 in Etna

Authorities have revealed the cause of the fatal chain-reaction crash that happened on Interstate 70 in Ohio earlier this month. The accident killed six people and injured more than a dozen others.

A 2019 Freightliner semi-truck was "following too close" to a Nissan Murano in Etna on Nov. 14, when it slammed into the back of the SUV and pushed it into the charter bus in front of it, according to a report from the Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS) that was viewed by PEOPLE.

After being hit by the semi-truck, the charter bus rear-ended a Toyota Highlander that was also traveling westbound on the interstate. The Highlander subsequently hit a Volvo truck, leading the Highlander to spin into the left lane. The Volvo truck was then hit by the bus, per the report.

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Six people were killed in the crash: John Mosley, 18, of Mineral City; Jeffery Worrell, 18, of Bolivar, and Katelyn Owens, 15, of Mineral City, Dave Kennat, 56, of Navarre; Kristy Gaynor, 39, of Zoar and Shannon Wigfield, 45, of Bolivar.

Charter bus passengers Mosley, Worrell and Owens were students at Tuscarawas Valley Middle-High School, according to NBC affiliate WCMH-TV.

Kennat, Gaynor and Wigfield, who were chaperoning the trip, were riding in the Nissan that was sandwiched between the semi-truck and the charter bus during the crash. All were pronounced dead at the scene, per the ODPS report.

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Body camera footage from the incident released by ODPS showed officers arriving at the scene of the crash as the vehicles involved in the crash were engulfed in flames, according to WCMH-TV.

One officer was heard yelling to get the driver of the Highlander out of the vehicle as soon as possible, per the report. The 75-year-old Heath man was then transported to Grant Medical Center with serious injuries following the crash.

The driver of the semi truck, a 60-year-old man from Zanesville, passed both drug and alcohol tests following the crash, per the agency’s report. No charges have been filed.

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Mid State Systems Inc., which owns the semi-truck involved in the collision, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Seventeen people — including the semi-truck driver — were injured in the crash, according to the DPS report. The injured victims — most of whom were considered serious — were transported to various hospitals in the region following the deadly collision.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, per the news reports.

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