ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A truck driver has been charged in a crash on I-85 that killed eight members of a Gwinnett County family.
The victims were killed Monday afternoon when a semitrailer struck their van and it burst into flames, according to law enforcement.
The semitrailer was following too close to the Dodge van on the interstate in Jackson County, about 62 miles northeast of Atlanta, when the crash happened, authorities said.
The truck driver, identified as 33-year-old Kane Hammock, of Gainesville, was arrested and booked in connection with the crash, according to documents.
Kane Aaron Hammock (Jackson County Sheriff's Office)
Hammock has been charged with eight counts of second-degree vehicular homicide, second-degree vehicular feticide, following too closely, di