3 charged in pickup-bus crash that killed Macomb 3 teens

May 6, 2008 - 10:52AM

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP (AP) - Macomb County authorities have charged a 17-year-old they say drove a speeding pickup truck that hit a school bus, killing his three passengers.

James LaCoursiere was the only survivor aboard the pickup that crashed April 8 in Chesterfield Township, 25 miles northeast of Detroit. The bus had no children aboard.

Prosecutors issued vehicular manslaughter charges Monday against LaCoursiere and another driver, 22-year-old Stephen Davis. The charge carries up to 15 years' imprisonment. Neither has a listed phone in Chesterfield Township.

A third driver is charged with reckless driving.

The crash killed 17-year-old L'Anse Creuse North High School students Jordan Vandeputte, Robert McGuire and Nicholas Noble.

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