Trucker responsible for fiery auto crash that killed 5 was ‘actively using’ TikTok app just before tragedy struck: Police

Danny Tiner appears inset against an image showing the aftermath of the fiery auto crash that took several lives in Arizona in January 2023. (Arizona Department of Public Safety)

Inset: Danny Tiner (Arizona Department of Public Safety). Background: The aftermath of the fiery auto crash that Tiner caused which took several lives in Arizona on Jan. 12, 2023 (Arizona Department of Public Safety).

An Arizona truck driver will spend over two decades behind bars for killing five people in a crash on a highway that was caused by his active use of TikTok while he was behind the wheel.

On Jan. 12, 2023, Danny Glen Tiner, 38, should have had his eyes on the road while heading eastbound on Interstate 10 in Chandler, Arizona, near Wildhorse Pass Boulevard.

Instead, he was watching short-form video content on the popular social media app.

Tiner’s semitruck hurtled through a construction zone — where speeds were clearly capped at 55 mph — going 13 mph over the speed limit. Five people died in an ensuing six-vehicle collision.

On Friday, Aug. 16, Tiner was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for each corresponding count of negligent homicide — one for every person he killed. The sentences are to be served consecutively, or one after another, a Maricopa County court order of confinement notes.

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