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Four members of the McKellar family from Fort Worth were killed in a June 28, 2025, crash on Interstate 20 near Terrell, Texas.<\/p>\n
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The truck driver who was accused of falling asleep and causing a crash that killed five people on Interstate 20 in North Texas last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n
Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni, 28, of Kissimmee, Florida, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including manslaughter<\/a> and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in a Kaufman County court on Thursday, Star-telegram media partner WFAA-TV reported.<\/p>\n Four victims of the crash were identified as members of the same Fort Worth family, Zabar and Krishaun McKellar, their 15-year-old son Kason, and Zabar\u2019s father Billy McKellar. They were all killed when Gonzalez-Companioni, who was driving an 18-wheeler, fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into their Ford F-150 pickup truck, authorities have said. Their 20-year-old daughter was the only family member to survive the crash, which occurred near Terrell in Kaufman County, the Star-Telegram previously reported.<\/p>\n An investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety determined that eastbound traffic on I-20 was stopped due to a previous crash when Gonzalez-Companioni rear-ended the McKellars\u2019 pickup truck, causing a chain-reaction collision.<\/p>\n Gonzalez-Companioni\u2019s semi-truck hit the McKellars\u2019 pickup, causing it to hit two other semitractor-trailers. The semi- truck then jackknifed and slid from the right lane to the left, causing a collision with three other passenger cars, DPS officials have said.<\/p>\n The fifth victim, Nicole Gregory, 49, of Dallas, was killed inside a separate Jeep Compass while multiple other people were injured.<\/p>\n The trucking company that Gonzalez-Companioni was driving for, Hope Trans LLC, has a history<\/a> of drivers being repeatedly cited for exceeding the number of allowable hours on the road, the Star-Telegram previously reported.<\/p>\n While the guilty plea from Gonzalez-Companioni concludes the criminal proceedings, legal battles in civil court regarding the deadly crash are still ongoing.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n