BUTLER COUNTY —Law enforcement investigating a triple-fatal crash that occurred June 11, in Butler County have arrested the driver involved.
On July 3, a warrant was issued in the District Court of Butler County Kansas for Tyler J. Beauclaire 24, of Mansura, Louisiana for three (3) counts of Murder in the Second Degree and two (2) counts of Aggravated Battery, according to Butler County Undersheriff Daimon Cundiff.
Just after 6:30p.m. onn Wednesday, Beech Grove, Indiana police arrested Beauclaire in Beech Grove, for that warrant..
Beauclaire is alleged to be the driver of the Black Chevrolet truck that struck the vehicle driven by Eliot Eichbauer and occupied by teenagers Arlo and Silas Eichbauer, killing all three. It is believed that Beauclaire left the state of Kansas, went back to Louisiana for a period of time, and was then located in Beech Grove, in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
The two counts of Aggravated Battery are for the passengers in the truck that Beauclaire is alleged to have been driving. The sheriff's office has no released their names but they did sustain serious injuries in the crash. Alcohol is still believed to be a factor in the crash but investigators do not have those results yet.
Locating Beauclaire was a collaborative effort between Butler County Sheriff’s Investigators, the Louisiana State Police, and the Beech Grove Indiana Police Department.
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BUTLER COUNTY—Three people died in an accident just after 10p.m. Wednesday in Butler County.
According to Butler County Undersheriff Daimon Cundiff, investigators and a witness indicated a Chevrolet pick-up was eastbound on U.S. Highway 400 in rural Leon Kansas. The Chevrolet pickup crossed into oncoming traffic, and struck a westbound Toyota Tacoma driven by 46-year-old Eliot Eichbaucher of Wichita, head-on.
The witness told deputies that the Chevrolet truck had been weaving back and forth on the highway just prior to the crash.
Eichbauer and both of his passengers, 19-year-old Arlo Eichbauer and 16-year-old Silas Eichbauer, both of Wichita were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to Cundiff.
Arlo Eichbauer is Eliot Eichbauer’s son and Silas Eichbauer is Eliot’s nephew, according to Cundiff.
The three occupants of the Chevrolet truck were all transported to a Wichita area hospital with severe injuries. This crash is still under investigation and alcohol is believed to be a factor.