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WASHINGTON, DC (WTHR) — The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared truck driver Bruce Andrew Pollard to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered him off the road.

Pollard was driving his truck into a work zone on Interstate 465 near north Keystone Avenue on July 14 when his truck, traveling faster the posted speed limit, struck a line of vehicles from behind.

Two young children and their mother were killed in the fiery crash.

Seven others were injured.

Indiana State Police arrested Pollard, who was licensed in Missouri.

He is jailed in Indianapolis and faces three counts of reckless homicide and one count of reckless operation in a highway work zone.

FMCSA investigators found that Pollard had a history of careless driving and had been disciplined, then fired, in April 2019 for unsafe driving on several occasions.

Pollard allegedly did not disclose why he was fired when he applied for another job in June. He also lied on his job application that he had not been involved in a previous crash. Federal regulations ​prohibit false statement on government safety documents.

In pulling Pollard from the road, FMCSA’s order, issued Aug. 2, states that Pollard’s “blatant and egregious violations of [federal safety regulations], local operating laws … and ongoing and repeated disregard for the safety of the motoring public … substantially increases the likelihood of serious injury or death to you and the motoring public.”

If Pollard fails to comply with the order, he could face further action by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for equitable relief and punitive damages.

Civil penalties of up to $1,848 may be assessed for each violation of operating a commercial motor vehicle in violation of the order. Knowing and/or willful violation of the order may also result in criminal penalties, according a statement from FMCSA.

Pollard could also face a civil penalty for his violation of the FMCSA’s safety regulations.