Texan indicted in 13-death collision

UVALDE, Texas — A grand jury has indicted a Texas man whom authorities accuse of causing a traffic collision that killed 13 people in a minibus returning from a church retreat in March.

The Uvalde County district attorney’s office said Thursday that Jack Dillon Young, 20, was indicted Monday on multiple charges, including intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury.

Young turned himself in Wednesday and was being held in lieu of a $380,000 bond, District Attorney Daniel Kindred said in a statement emailed Thursday. He has a court hearing scheduled for late July. A message left for Young’s attorney was not immediately returned.

A National Transportation Safety Board report says Young told investigators he was checking his phone for a text when the crash happened March 29, near San Antonio. He said he had taken prescription drugs before the crash and investigators found marijuana in his pickup, the report said.

A safety board review of a 14-minute video shot by a motorist trailing Young’s pickup before the crash showed Young’s truck cross the double yellow centerline 19 times, the solid white shoulder lines 37 times and the grass shoulder at least five times, according to the report. The driver and 12 passengers on the bus from First Baptist Church of New Braunfels were killed. One passenger survived and was hospitalized with serious injuries. All were senior adult members of the church.