{"id":20402,"date":"2023-07-04T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T05:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=728528"},"modified":"2023-07-04T05:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T05:00:54","slug":"truck-driver-who-triggered-deadly-arizona-freeway-collision-had-just-been-on-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2023\/07\/04\/truck-driver-who-triggered-deadly-arizona-freeway-collision-had-just-been-on-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck Driver Who Triggered Deadly Arizona Freeway Collision Had Just Been on Tiktok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/tiktok-580x387.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/tiktok-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2023\/07\/04\/728528.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2023\/07\/04\/728528.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p>A tractor-trailer driver was on the social media app TikTok just before causing a Phoenix-area freeway collision that killed five people, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Department of Public Safety announced in a news release that 36-year- old Danny G. Tiner was arrested at his home last week on multiple charges related to the January crash, including five counts of manslaughter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-topics=\"auto,personal-auto\" data-revive-companies data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>An investigation determined Tiner was driving 68 mph in a 55 mph construction zone and actively using TikTok on his cellphone right before.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Tiner told police he received a message on an electronic work tablet and was acknowledging it.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately known Friday if Tiner had retained an attorney who could speak for him.<\/p>\n<p>He was also booked on four counts of endangerment and one count of tampering with physical evidence.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of Jan. 12, state troopers responded to a fiery chain-reaction crash on Interstate 10 in Chandler involving six cars. 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