INDIANAPOLIS — A man faces multiple charges after a deadly wrong-way crash on I-69 near Anderson in November.
Walter Saucedo-Mendoza, 32, of Indianapolis, was arrested and faces six total charges, including causing death when operating a vehicle while intoxicated, reckless homicide and criminal recklessness.
Indiana State Police responded to a report of a wrong-way driver on I-69 near mile marker 234, just east of Anderson, shortly after 2 a.m. Nov. 12.
Officers found multiple damaged vehicles blocking all southbound lanes of I-69. The preliminary investigation determined there was a head-on collision between a Kia driving the wrong way and a Chevrolet going southbound.
The driver and passenger of the Chevrolet, 32-year-old Victoria Elaine Cox and 26-year-old Evan Daniel Cox, were pronounced dead.
Blood toxicology reports allegedly found Saucedo-Mendoza's blood-alcohol-content was .186, with the legal limit in Indiana being .08.
Saucedo-Mendoza's initial hearing will be March 30 at 9 a.m.
