Police allege Jack Edward Satterfield III told investigators he had consumed five double-shot margaritas and two to three beers at a New Jersey restaurant on the day of the 8:30 p.m. Friday crash.
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Vehicles on Interstate 83 in Lower Paxton Township had slowed or stopped, but the tractor-trailer failed to stop and struck other vehicles in the left-center lane in a crash that involved 11 vehicles, state police in Dauphin County said.
Killed were 24-year-old Zachary Lybrand, of Middletown, and an 18-month-old Middletown girl as well as 22-year-old Ethan VanBochoven, a Messiah College student from Pompton Plains, New Jersey.
Police alleged Satterfield told investigators he saw the slowed traffic at the last minute and was unable to avoid a crash. He said he then left the truck, crossed the highway, hopped a fence and ran to a hotel parking lot from which he watched the crash scene.
Troopers reported smelling alcohol coming from his truck and said he submitted to a breath test, which was positive. Blood drawn from the defendant at a hospital will be tested, police said.
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Satterfield, 29, of McComb, Mississippi, faces charges including vehicular homicide while driving under the influence and accidents involving death or personal injury. Court documents don't list an attorney and a listed number for him couldn't be found.
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