DALLAS — On Saturday, Evan McKeller walked across the stage at Prairie View A&M University, a milestone reached after unimaginable loss and life-changing injuries from a North Texas crash that took the lives of several members of her family.

Evan obtained her degree in Criminal Justice.

The graduation comes months after a June 28 multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 20 near Terrell that claimed the lives of five people , including four members of McKeller’s family. A Kaufman County grand jury has since indicted the truck driver involved, Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni, 27, on five counts of manslaughter and four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Investigators said Gonzalez-Companioni, who was hauling a U.S. Postal Service load, failed to brake and plowed into slowed t

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