A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a crash last year that killed a Missouri man. The crash was one of several that killed eight people.
On Oct. 23, Ronald Britt of Lafayette was driving his 80,000-pound truck around 60 mph on Interstate 55 during a “severe fog” that had spurred multiple crashes. Authorities determined after a multimonth investigation that Britt “was operating at a negligent speed given the driving conditions” and crashed into a...