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McDonald was charged with six counts of aggravated vehicular manslaughter, nine counts of vehicular assault and 11 counts of misdemeanor assault. Six people died in the bus crash, including three students traveling to Columbus from Tuscarawas County.

Closing arguments happened Thursday in Jacob McDonald's trial. Defense attorney Chris Brigdon called on a crash reconstruction expert and a digital analyst to testify in McDonald's trial in Licking County.

Jacob McDonald, 61, is charged with 26 counts, including aggravated vehicular homicide. McDonald allegedly caused a 2023 bus crash on I-70 in Licking County that killed six people traveling from Tuscarawas County to Columbus.

Jacob McDonald, 61, is charged with 15 felonies and several misdemeanor assault charges in Licking County. A fiery crash killed six people in 2023 traveling from Tuscarawas County to Columbus.

Gov. Mike DeWine assembled the task force in August 2023 after a Clark County crash fatally ejected 11-year-old Aiden Clark from a school bus.

The report states the crash happened because the semi at the rear of the line of vehicles was following too closely when the vehicles in front of it braked, causing a chain reaction crash involving five vehicles.

A crash in western Ohio that fatally ejected an elementary student from a bus and seriously injured more than 20 others has led to renewed efforts to pass school bus safety policies.

Deadly crash renews debate over seat belts in school buses.

The working group was put together after a deadly school bus crash in August in western Ohio killed an 11-year-old elementary student and injured more than 20 other kids on the first day of school.

Funeral arrangements have been made for the 11-year-old Northwestern Local Schools student killed in a school bus crash, Aiden James Clark of Springfield.