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Houston man indicted on intoxication manslaughter charges after fatal crash

This past April 5 children were killed in a Houston car crash.  The driver of the vehicle, Chanton Jenkins, 32, was the father of three of the children who were killed.

The children died after Jenkins crashed the vehicle he was driving into a flooded ditch.  Jenkins and two others in the vehicle escaped from the vehicle as it was overcome by water, but the five children left in the car drowned.

At the time of the crash Jenkins was on the phone with the mother of two girls who drowned.  Jenkins was also found to be intoxicated at the time of the crash; he has been held on $500,000 bond since the accident and now faces an August 12 court date.

Jenkins has a history of drug offenses; he was charged with possession in 1997, 2002 and again in 2004.  He has also been charge with possession of a prohibited firearm and has spent at least one year in jail due to these prior offenses.

Jenkins faces up to 100 years in prison if convicted on all charges against him in this car accident.

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