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22 charges filed against driver of Indiana van that crashed

PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) – A prosecutor has filed 22 charges including 18 felonies against the driver of an overloaded van that overturned on a southwestern Indiana highway, killing two people.

The charges filed Thursday against 30-year-old James D. Allen of Washington, Indiana, include two counts of causing death while driving while intoxicated on a controlled substance, seven counts of causing serious injury while driving while intoxicated on a controlled substance, and nine counts of criminal recklessness while driving aggressively.

The controlled substance Allen allegedly was using at the time was not immediately made public.

The van blew a tire and overturned Sept. 24 on Interstate 69 about 20 miles northeast of Evansville. Two women, 29-year-old Christela Georges and Gena Moise, 60, died from their injuries.

Allen’s home phone rang constantly busy Thursday afternoon.

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