Brownsville Couple Identified As I-70 Crash Victims

OHIO COUNTY, W.Va. — A Brownsville couple has been identified as the victims in a four-vehicle accident that had Interstate 70 West closed for hours Tuesday. According to reports, Dr. Marc and Terri Tinstman died as a result of the accident near Triadelphia, just over the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border. Brishesh Kumar Yadav, 23, of Renton, Washington, faces two counts of negligent homicide for his alleged role in causing the accident.  According to the criminal complaint, Yadav was driving a commercial motor vehicle on Interstate 70 West and had just crossed the state border. Yadav then came upon stopped traffic in a posted work zone, with signs posted in advance alerting drivers to that work zone. Witnesses reportedly said the vehicle in front of Yadav was stopped or nearly stopped. Roadway evidence at the scene allegedly showed that the brakes were applied on Yadav’s vehicle only within 51½ feet of the point of impact. The braking evidence and witness statements, according to the complaint, showed a delayed response to the stopped traffic, which resulted in a chain-reaction collision. The complaint also says Yadav’s vehicle hit a  pickup hauling a trailer, which then hit an SUV, which caused a collision with a stationary tractor-trailer. The Tinstmans were in the SUV according to reports. One other individual was hospitalized because of the accident.