Man charged in triple fatality crash in Anderson Township held on $800,000 bond

A man accused of causing a wreck in Anderson Township that killed three people and injured a fourth remains behind bars after a Hamilton County judge set his bond at $800,000 on Saturday.

Andrew Blankenship is in the Hamilton County Justice Center on three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault. His next court appearance is Monday, April 24.

The charges against Blankenship arise from the deaths of 66-year-old Richard Glaser, 38-year-old Keith Skaggs and 22-year-old Janaya Glover, who were killed on eastbound Interstate 275 near the Five Mile Road and New Richmond exits about 9:30 p.m. April 7.

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has said that Blankenship, 29, was driving a Dodge pickup truck at a high rate of speed on the interstate with no lights on when he lost control and struck an occupied tow truck in the right emergency lane.

The tow truck was forced into the disabled vehicle, the sheriff's office said, and the disabled vehicle struck and killed Skaggs, a tow truck driver who was outside his truck preparing to load the disabled vehicle.

Janaya Glover was also not in a vehicle when she was killed.

The sheriff's office has not said which vehicle Glaser, Janaya Glover or 25-year-old John Glover, who was injured in the wreck, arrived at the scene in.

Blankenship was also treated for injuries.