Two Men Receive Maximum Sentences for Truck Accident that Killed Three UC Berkeley Students
The two men who in July 2005 caused the driver of a big rig truck to fatally strike a car carrying three UC Berkeley graduated students have received the maximum sentences for their convictions. 25-year-old Stanley Jacks, Jr., 25, and 28-year-old Eric Barnes are ordered to serve eight years and eight months in prison, each for three counts of vehicular manslaughter.
UC Berkeley's Safe Transportation Research and Education Center researchers say Jacks and Barnes were racing each other in separate cars on Interstate 80 at speeds of over 100 mph when their actions caused a large truck driver to lose control of a big rig, which crashed into the center divider before catching fire. The truck then went into the opposite lanes of traffic where it crashed into the car that was carrying 29-year-old Jason Choy, 26-year-old Giula Adesso, and 27-year-old Benjamin Boussert. All three truck accident victims were graduate students at UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry.
Truck Accident Lawsuits
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Max. sentence for 2 that caused fiery, fatal crash, ABCLocalGo.com, November 21, 2009
Two Men Sentenced in Crash That Killed Students, Daily Californian, November 24, 2009
Related Web Resources:
Truck Safety Coalition
Transportation: Motor Vehicle Accidents and Fatalities, US Census Bureau
