Driver had taken presecription pills & pot found in truck that hit church bus near Leakey, DPS says
UVALDE — Court records released Tuesday bolstered reports that Jack D. Young was texting before crashing his pickup into a small church bus March 29 on U.S. 83, killing 13 people, and also reveal that he had earlier consumed prescription pills and was in possession of marijuana.
The northbound 2007 Dodge pickup driven by Young, 20, of Leakey, crossed the highway’s center line on a curve and hit the bus carrying 14 congregants of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels home from a retreat. Only one bus passenger survived.
A neighbor later reported that Young had driven that morning to Uvalde to fill drug prescriptions, and a passenger in a vehicle behind Young captured his truck on a video weaving from side to side over several miles before the deadly crash about six miles north of Concan.
The new details about Young's actions and condition before the collision were contained in two affidavits in support of search warrants filed by Department of Public Safety troopers with state District Judge Camile DuBose, and one filing by District Attorney Daniel Kindred.
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