Trucker, 51, jailed 22 years for killing family of 3 used in attack ad
Modou Ngom, 51, received the maximum sentence after being convicted over the fiery nine-vehicle pileup that also left five people seriously injured.
TL;DR
- Modou Ngom, 51, sentenced to 22 years for killing Luke, Lynnea, and Logan Soposki in a highway crash.
- The crash involved nine vehicles, killing the Soposki family and injuring five others.
- Ngom allegedly entered the US in the 1990s and obtained citizenship in 2015 using a fraudulent identity.
- Victims' relatives accused Ngom of lacking remorse and being distracted by a tablet, though investigators stated he was not using a phone or tablet.
- The Soposki family's images were used in a Republican campaign ad attacking Senator Sherrod Brown, causing further distress to the family.
- The family requested the removal of their images from the ad, which was eventually pulled but remained online.
- Civil lawsuits for wrongful death and personal injury have been filed against Ngom.