A semi-truck driver has been arrested and accused of causing the crash that took the lives of three family members from the TLC show Meet the Putmans , RadarOnline.com can report.

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Pavel B. Shchukin is facing eight counts for his alleged involvement in a crash. The 55-year-old from Jacksonville, Florida, was driving a fully loaded semi-truck in Tuscola County, Michigan, on Friday, September 26th.

According to police reports, eight members of the Putnam family were riding inside a Jeep heading east on Deckerville Road when the southbound semi failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into the car.

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