Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged In 2015 Queen Anne's Crash That Killed 5
WYE MILLS, Md. (WJZ) -- Following a review of the Maryland State Police, the Queen Anne's County State's Attorney's Office have charged the driver of the tractor-trailer involved a crash that killed five last year.
The driver, 29-year-old Yvenet Mayette of Philadelphia, was served with a summons at the Easton barrack on Feb. 2.
Eleven charges have been filed against Mayette:
- failure to stop at a red light, contributing to a fatal crash
- failure to control speed to avoid collision, contributing to a fatal crash
- negligent driving, which contributed to a fatal crash
- reckless driving
- driving a commercial vehicle in condition likely to cause a crash, which contributed to a fatal crash
- driving a commercial vehicle with inoperative brakes on a combination vehicle, which contributed to a fatal crash
- driving a commercial vehicle with inadequate brake linings, contributing to a fatal crash
- driving a commercial vehicle after being on duty for 70 hours in eight consecutive days, contributing to a fatal crash
- driver of a commercial vehicle preparing a falsified record of duty status, which contributed to a fatal crash
- driver of property carrying vehicle driving after 14 hours of having come on duty without 10 hours off duty, contributing to a fatal crash
- driver of property carrying vehicle driving after having driven 11 hours without 10 hours off duty, contributing to a fatal crash
The crash -- which occured on Jen. 10, 2015 at 1 a.m. at the intersection of Route 50 and route 213 in Wye Mills -- lead the deaths of 24-year-old Regina M. Ayres, 30-year-old Zerissa Ayres and her unborn child, 7-year-old Jordan Ayres, 25-year-old Travis M. Straton and 2-month-old Jonathan Ayres.
Mayette has the right to stand trial or to pay a preset fine for each offense.
