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Prosecutor Waiting On Tests From Deadly I-69 Van Crash

PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) _ A southwestern Indiana prosecutor says he's waiting on blood test results before deciding whether to file criminal charges in the crash of an overloaded van on Interstate 69 that killed two people.

Several others were injured in the Sept. 24 crash in Gibson County. Investigators say the 16-passenger van was carrying 24 employees of a temp agency from Washington, Indiana, to an Evansville factory when a badly worn tire blew out.

Prosecutor Robert Krieg tells the Princeton Daily Clarion (http://bit.ly/1KQG21C ) it could be few weeks before he receives results on whether the driver had used alcohol or drugs.
The crash killed a 60-year-old woman and a 29-year-old woman, who was 24 weeks pregnant. A spokeswoman for St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville says the child was in critical, but stable condition.

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