Horrific dashcam footage shows the moment a drunken driver smashes his tractor-trailer into a line of cars killing three - including a 16-month-old baby
- WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT
- Jack Satterfield III, 29, a truck driver from Mississippi, pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle while driving drunk and leaving an accident scene
- Satterfield was driving a rig in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on October 12, 2018, when he plowed into a row of cars on Interstate 83
- Multi-car crash killed Zachary Lybrand, 24, his 16-month-old daughter, Elliana, and college student Ethan Van Bochoven, 22
- Dashcam video from Satterfield's truck was made public after his plea, showing the vehicle ramming Lybrand's car and starting a chain reaction
- Lybrand's wife, Jessica, broke down in court after seeing the video and yelled at Satterfied, referring to her baby, 'She was staring right at you!'
Disturbing dashboard camera video of an accident in Pennsylvania that killed three people last year, including a toddler, was released on Tuesday after the driver responsible for the carnage admitted to causing the DUI crash.
Jack Satterfield III, a truck driver from Mississippi, pleaded guilty to several charges, including homicide by vehicle while driving drunk and leaving an accident scene.
The 29-year-old McComb man does not have a plea deal with Dauphin County prosecutors, meaning he faces a lengthy prison term when he’s sentenced later this year.
This screenshot from a dashboard camera video recorded on October 12, 2018, shows Jack Satterfield III's tractor-trailer barreling towards a car on Interstate 83 in Pennsylvania
Satterfield plowed into a row of vehicles, triggering a 12-car pileup and killing three people
Satterfield did not slow down as his rig rammed cars, causing carnage on the road
After the tractor-trailer came to a stop, Satterfield fled in his socks but without shoes
The Mississippi man (left and right) later admitted to drinking three double shot Margaritas and beers
Following the hearing, the district attorney released a 20-second dashboard camera recording from Satterfiled's vehicle showing his tractor-trailer plowing into slowed or stopped traffic near a construction zone on Interstate 83 at 9.30pm on October 12, 2018.
The mass crash in Lower Paxton involved 12 vehicles and killed 24-year-old Zachary Lybrand, of Middletown; his 16-month-old daughter, Elliana, and 22-year-old Ethan Van Bochoven, a senior at Messiah College majoring in music.
Authorities say Satterfield had consumed eight alcoholic drinks earlier in the day.
Jessica Lybrand, Zachary's wife and Elliana's mother, on Facebook harshly criticized the decision to release the video showing the tractor-trailer smashing into her family's 1996 Eagle Vision and killing her loved ones.
Torn apart: The crash took the lives of Zachary Lybrand, 24, his 16-month-old daughter, Elliana (pictured together with mom Jessica)
Ethan Van Bochoven, a 22-year-old senior at Messiah College majoring in music, was also killed in the multi-car crash
'Im [sic] broken,' the young widow wrote in a post. 'It feels like they died all over again, and [Satterfield] couldn't say anything loud enough for ANYONE to hear he was guilty. He took his glasses off because he couldn't stand to see the pictures of my family and I.'
Jessica was present in the courtroom for Satterfield's plea, clutching a blown-up photo of her deceased daughter, and erupted in wails when the dashcam video was shown on the screen, reported PennLive.
'She was staring right at you!' she yelled at the defendant, referring to baby Elliana who would have been strapped into her rear-facing car seat when the tractor-trailer smashed into Zachary's sedan.
The father and daughter died of smoke inhalation and burns, according to Press and Journal.
Jessica Lybrand was present in the courtroom for Satterfield's plea and erupted in wails when the dashcam video was shown on the screen, depicting the final moments of her husband and daughter (right)
Satterfied does not have a plea deal in place and faces up to 81 years in prison
In the aftermath of the collision, Satterfield climbed out of his mangled truck through a window without his shoes, crossed the interstate, climbed a high fence and blended into a crowd of onlookers standing in a nearly parking lot.
He was arrested after a police officer spotted him limping or staggering away in his socks.
Satterfield admitted that he had downed three large double shot Margaritas and a beer at a Mexican restaurant in New Jersey. Inside the cab of his truck police found an empty six-pack of beer and Jagermeister.
Three hours after the collision, Satterfield's blood alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit.
Satterfield faces up to 81 years in prison when he is sentenced on August 6.
