LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind.–Two lawsuits have now been filed in a LaPorte County crash back in May that involved both a box truck and two New Prairie United School Corporation minibuses.

The crash happened May 8 at the intersection of U.S. 20 and Fail Road when the New Prairie JV baseball team was on its way to a game. No one was killed, but seven players and two coaches were injured. One player sustained serious injuries and got out of the hospital in September.

Court records show that one lawsuit was filed by the family of a JV baseball player who was also one of the buses. The other was filed by a man named Richard Shail. Shail is an elected New Prairie school board member and a volunteer JV baseball coach who was also on one of the buses.

Police say the driver of the box truck was Shawn Ak

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