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New Haven Man Charged in Crash that Killed 3

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) – A 26-year-old New Haven man is facing six felony charges following a head-on collision on a highway that killed three people.

The News-Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/1CxQtji ) Anthony Dager is charged in Wells County with three counts of causing death while operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and three counts of causing death while operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .15 percent or more. Court records do not show whether Dager has hired an attorney.

Dager was being held Wednesday in the Allen County Jail on $100,000 bond.

The pre-dawn crash on State Road 1 Saturday killed 72-year-old driver Rebecca Prentice of Ossian and her passengers, 64-year-old Paul Penrod of Murray and 65-year-old Karen Smith of Bluffton.

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  Information from: The News-Sentinel, http://www.news-sentinel.com/ns

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