3 family members killed in January auto accident
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ONAWAY -- Charges could soon come following a fatal Presque Isle County accident earlier this year that killed three people.
This is an update to a story 7&4 News has been following since January.
Presque Isle County deputies say around noon on Monday, January 26, 2009, a pick up truck with 6 teenage occupants collided head-on with another car on Hutchison Road.
The driver of the second vehicle, Nicholas Stuifbergen, 23, along with his mother Debra Stuifbergen, 51, and sister Leann Shoulders, 27, all of Onaway were killed in the accident.
The investigation wrapped up this week and the report is now under review by Presque Isle County Prosecutor Richard Steiger to determine if any charges will be filed.
The 16-year-old driver of the pick up, along with 3 other occupants were transported to area hospitals with several broken bones, cuts and bruises.
All six teenagers were on lunch break from Presque Isle Academy in Onaway, which the school's director says has an open campus policy for students allowing them to leave the school at lunch.
Presque Isle County Sheriff Robert Paschke says speed was a major factor in the accident.
