BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A truck driver has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, accused of causing a fatal accident in Buffalo, New York last month.
Investigators say 45-year-old Thomas Wallace, of Brook Park, Ohio was distracted by pornography he was watching on his lap-top computer at the time of the accident.
They also say he had no more than about 4 hours of sleep in the previous 27 hours, which is a violation of federal trucking rules.
According to authorities, Wallace hit the car in which 33-year-old Julie Stratton of Snyder, New York was sitting.
Police say that Stratton had just hit a deer. Her damaged car was sitting in a lane on an open stretch of highway when it was struck.
Shortly after the accident, Stratton's family pleaded for Buffalo area residents -- who saw the accident -- to come forward.
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