Trial For Woman Accused Of Killing Three Children At School Bus Stop Begins

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ROCHESTER, Ind. — Prosecutors in Fulton County will start to make their case today against the woman accused of driving around a stopped school bus last year, hitting and killing three children and seriously injuring a fourth.

The jury was selected on Tuesday — six women and six men.

Alyssa Shepherd faces three charges of reckless homicide, one charge of reckless driving causing injury, and one charge of criminal recklessness.

Nine-year-old Alivia Stahl, and her two younger twin brothers, Xzavier and Mason Ingle, were killed in the crash.

The case led to a new state law focused on school bus zone safety.

6-year-old twin brothers Xzavier and Mason Ingle, and their 9-year-old sister, Alivia Stahl.