Missouri man faces reckless homicide charges in Logan County crash

Posted on September 6, 2017
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A 25-year-old Missouri man is charged in a fatal crash in Logan County in July 2016. (Photo by DavidsonScott/flickr)

By Eric Stock

LINCOLN – A truck driver accused of reckless homicide in a Logan County crash last year is being brought back to Illinois to face charges.

Authorities have issued a warrant for Taven Webster, 25, of Reeds, Mo. He was arrested over the weekend in Berry County, Mo.

Webster is charged in a July 2016 crash near Atlanta when his semitrailer hit a northbound van and caused a chain-reaction crash in a construction zone on Interstate 55.

Two young girls in the van, Abby Roock, 2, and her sister, Maya, 4, were killed in the crash.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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