Fatal November crash on I-70 in Geary County- photo courtesy WIBW TV
GEARY COUNTY – Formal charges were filed this week against the suspect accused in the crash that killed a Junction City mother and two children.
Steven Johnson, 42, Houston, is scheduled for a return to court on January 12th, according to Geary County Attorney Steve Opat.
He faces three counts of involuntary manslaughter, plus one each of DUI and improper driving on a laned roadway.
Johnson was the driver of an Eastbound truck on Interstate 70 near Grandview Plaza that traveled across the Interstate median into the westbound lanes and hit a Ford 500 driven by 26-year-old Jessica Michelle Thompson of Junction City.
Steven Johnson- photo Geary Co.
She and her children, five-year-old Leah and six-year-old Jaydon died from injuries in the accident.
Johnson remains in the Geary County Detention Center on a $250,000 bond.