Police say trucker speeding in Indianapolis crash that killed 3

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Police said a semitrailer’s computer data says it was going above the speed limit when it slammed into a line of vehicles on an Indianapolis highway Sunday, killing a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters.

State police said Interstate 465 traffic was slowed for a construction zone when the crash happened. A preliminary probable cause affidavit filed in Marion Superior Court says the semitrailer was going 65 mph in a 45-mph zone.

Police said the semi driver, 57-year-old Bruce Pollard of Sturgeon, Missouri, told investigators at various times that he was going 35 miles mph, was reaching for his iced tea and a car had cut him off.

Pollard was jailed on preliminary charges including reckless homicide and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

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