GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The truck driver involved in the crash that killed three members of a well-known TV family faces several criminal charges.

The Tuscola County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday night that charges have been filed against 55-year-old Pavel Shchukin, from Florida. He faces three counts of moving violation causing death and five counts of moving violation causing serious impairment of a body function.

The charges stem from the crash that happened Friday night outside of Cass City. Bill and Barb Putman and their daughter-in-law Megan were killed in the crash, and five others were hospitalized.

All eight are members of the Putman family that starred in TLC’s “Meet The Putmans.” That show aired in 2017, chronicling the lives of Bill, Barb, their four children and th

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