LINDON, Utah (KSL.com) — A man who police say was transporting his two younger sisters in a refrigerated trailer that was set at 30 degrees Fahrenheit when he got into a five-vehicle crash is now facing charges.

Jacob Ortell Scott, 28, of Huntington, was charged Wednesday in 4th District Court with two counts of aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony.

Utah Highway Patrol troopers responded to a crash on Sept. 17 on I-15 in Lindon, involving a tractor-trailer driven by Scott and four other vehicles, according to charging documents. About an hour into the crash investigation, a trooper looked inside the trailer.

“He observed two sets of eyes in the refrigerated trailer. At this point, the trooper went back to (Scott) and asked who was in the trailer?” the charges state.

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