Semitruck driver sentenced to 3 years for fatal I-465 crash killing boy

INDIANAPOLIS — A Marion County judge sentenced a semitruck driver to three years in prison for causing a July 2024 crash that killed a 9-year-old boy.

Eamon Goodrich, 9, of New Albany, died on July 25, 2024, on I-465 near Old 31 on the south side of Indianapolis.

Semitruck driver Dieuson Leron was convicted Friday of reckless Homicide and two counts of criminal recklessness.

He was speeding in a construction zone, 62 mph in a 45 mph zone, following too closely, and he was supposed to have a co-driver, but did not.

Leron departed from a USPS processing and distribution center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at 4 a.m. ET on July 25, 2024, and his load was due to be delivered in Cincinnati at 10:45 p.m. ET.

Records show Leron violated the hours-of-service rules, which are meant to keep tired drivers off the road.

Specifically, the report shows the driver was supposed to stop for a break before his eleventh hour of driving but instead “continued to drive for another 23 minutes.”

Leron declined to comment on his way into court, but once inside the courtroom, Leron apologized to Eamon’s parents, Natalie and Chris.

“I want to express my deepest sorrow and apologies. It … it’s something I will carry with me the rest of my ...