Whisper
#byefelicia
I know the law is the law but I really think he will never forgive himself and thats enough punishment for a lifetime
Hardman Family
Trudis FB
https://www.facebook.com/trudi.wagonerhardman?fref=browse_search
Michaels FB
https://www.facebook.com/michael.hardman.161?pnref=lhc.rel
Hardman Family
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16-year-old boy who was behind the wheel of Wednesday's horrific car crash that killed his five family members while driving to Disney World has reportedly been charged.
Michael Reichardt was cited Friday with reckless operation of a vehicle, a misdemeanor, after apparently falling asleep while driving from Terrell, Texas, to Orlando, Fla.
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Three children — ages 4, 7 and 15 — and two adults — identified as Michael and Trudi Hardman of Terrel — were killed after the vehicle ran off a Louisiana interstate
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The driver and two other passengers were injured, one critically, one of the victim's relatives told
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The family's tragedy came during what was supposed to be "their trip of a lifetime," the Van Zandt County Fire Marshal/Emergency Management in Texas posted on their Facebook page
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They identified both adult fatalities as current and former teachers in Willis Point, Texas.
Michael Hardman most recently served as a second-grade teacher in the Terrell school district.
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Willis Point Independent School District said Trudi Hardman was a kindergarten teacher at their primary school.
"These kids and parents were active in the school and in the Wills Point Baseball Association. This was a wonderful family and was loved by all the kids that these wonderful teachers touched,"
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Eight people in all were in the 2005 Chevy Tahoe when it rolled over after crashing into a median only a little more than three hours after the family hit the road
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Police said the teen driver over-corrected, ejecting six of the eight passengers in the vehicle — none of whom were wearing seatbelts, according to Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police.
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Police believe the couple's son apparently fell asleep behind the wheel of the SUV during the drive from Terrell, Texas, to Orlando, Florida.
State police spokesman Michael Reichardt told the Associated Press that the teen driver was cited with careless operation, which is a misdemeanor.
The family was on the road for a little more than three hours when the crash happened about 10:46 p.m. Wednesday west of Calhoun
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family's SUV, a 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe, veered off a highway and rolled over, killing the couple and three of the kids -- 15-year-old Dakota Watson, and 7-year-old Adam Hardman; and 4-year-old Kaci Hardman.
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Timothy Hardman said the driver and two passengers were injured, one critically.
"After entering the median, the driver overcorrected and the vehicle began to roll over. As the vehicle was rolling over, six of the eight occupants were ejected. Five passengers were pronounced dead at the scene by the Ouachita Parish Coroner’s Office,"
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Timothy Hardman told the AP that going to Disney World was his brother's family's "dream trip."
Police don't believe the young driver was impaired, but a toxicology sample was taken. The stretch of I-20 where the deadly crash took place is flat and straight and the weather was clear, they said.
AGoFundMe pagehas been set up to help the family with expenses.
Trudis FB
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Michaels FB
https://www.facebook.com/michael.hardman.161?pnref=lhc.rel