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THE NEWS STARTS NOW.
TONIGHT, STUFFED ANIMALS
LINE A VAN BUREN COUNTY ROAD
WHERE A WOMAN AND TWO YOUNG
SISTERS WERE KILLED IN AN
HORRIFIC CRASH.
WE'RE LEARNING NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRIVER WHO
ALLEGEDLY CAUSED THE CRASH,
DAVID JOHNSON.
HE HAS A LENGTHY DRIVING RECORD
INCLUDING TWO CONVICTIONS FOR
DRUNK DRIVING AND DRIVING WITH A
SUSPENDED LICENSE MULTIPLE
TIMES.
WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO FAMILY
MEMBERS OF THE WOMAN AND YOUNG,
UNBUCKLED GIRLS WHO WERE KILLED.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS WITH
"24-HOUR NEWS 8"'S DANI CARLSON.
SHE'S FOCUSING IN ON THE
SUSPECT, DAVID JOHNSON.
DANI.
BRIAN, WE GOT A CHANCE TO
SPEAK WITH DAVID JOHNSON'S
GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT
GRANDMOTHER TONIGHT WHO SAID HE
HAD BEEN STAYING WITH THEM AS HE
HAD RECENTLY GOTTEN A JOB.
HE HAD BEEN HELPING THEM OUT
AROUND THE HOUSE.
HE APPARENTLY CALLED THEM LAST
NIGHT TO SAY HE WAS HEADED HOME
A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE WRECK.
JOHNSON'S GREAT GRANDMOTHER TOLD
US TONIGHT SHE JUST RECENTLY
RECOGNIZED JOHNSON HAS A
DRINKING PROBLEM.
JOHNSON HAS TWO PREVIOUS
CONVICTIONS TORE DRINKING AND
DRIVING.
JOHNSON'S GREAT GRANDMOTHER SAID
PROBLEMS IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE
WITH HIS ESTRANGED WIFE HAVE
BEEN AFFECTING HIS BEHAVIOR
DRINKING.
HIS GREAT GRANDMOTHER DID TELL
US JOHNSON DOESN'T YET KNOW
THREE PEOPLE INCLUDING THE TWO
LITTLE GIRLS WERE KILLED IN LAST
NIGHT'S WRECK.
OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS DID TELL US
I DON'T UNDERSTANDEN IS
BASICALLY A GOOD GUY WHO MADE A
BAD CHOICE.
HE WASN'T A MONSTER LIKE
EVERYONE'S MAKING HIM OUT TO BE.
HE DIDN'T SET OUT TO DO THIS.
THIS WASN'T A GOAL.
I'M A VICTIM OF DRUNK DRIVING
MYSELF, SO... HE LOVED KIDS.
NOW FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD US
JOHNSON IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING
SURGERY.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, HE DOES
NOT KNOW THREE PEOPLE WERE
KILLED IN THE CRASH.
NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHARGES
FILED AGAINST HIM YET, BUT WE DO
ANTICIPATE HE WILL EVENTUALLY
FACE CHARGES FOR HIS ROLE IN