Truck Driver Who Plowed Into 20 Cyclists, Killed 5 Charged With DUI
Font Size: A truck driver who killed five bicyclists on a Nevada highway has been charged with a DUI Tuesday after prosecutors claim the driver had nine times the allowable amount of methamphetamine in his system. 45-year-old Jordan Alexander Barson said that he fell asleep at the wheel of his truck when he hit at least seven cyclists in a group of approximately 20 on the morning of Dec. 10, the Associated Press reported. After striking the bicyclists, Barson’s box truck also hit the rear of a Subaru which had been providing support for the bicyclists, Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Travis...