On 12 August, 1995, a tragedy occurred on a state highway in Indiana. What follows is a newspaper article from the South Bend Tribune, 13 August, 1995:

MIDDLEBURY -- Anger has mixed with grief over the loss of Phil Troyer and Erik Miller, two college students killed in a traffic accident in northeast Elkhart County on Aug. 12. Troyer, 20, and Miller, 21, lived with their parents in the Middlebury area this summer. They were killed when their car was rear-ended by a car driven by Jonathon Moore, a 28-year-old lawyer from Pennsylvania. Elkhart County Police investigators believe Moore was drunk at the time of the accident, and he has been charged with two Class C felony counts. If convicted, Moore faces two to eight years in prison and a $10,000 fine for each count. Certain members of the Troyer and Miller families are angry for the following reasons: Because Moore is an attorney, the families believe he should have known better than to drink and drive. There is evidence that Moore fled the scene of the accident. He was released on $10,000 bond less than 24 hours after the accident. They believe Moore should have a longer prison sentence. "Hatred is a strong word, but I have hatred now for Jonathon Moore," said Steve Troyer, 28-year-old brother of Phil Troyer. "My anger comes from the fact that he (Moore) was able to leave the state after he tried to run away from the accident scene." Moore returned to his home in Selinsgrove, Pa., last week. An effort was made to contact him at his law office on Thursday. His secretary said he was "with clients" at the time. Moore did not return the phone call. Ed Chester, an Elkhart attorney Moore hired before he left Indiana, said Moore "deeply regrets the loss of life" but declined further comment about the case. Most likely, the Elkhart Prosecutor's Office will file the case against Moore in Elkhart Superior Court III in Goshen. An initial hearing on Moore's case could take place early this week. Moore would not have to attend the initial hearing. After the accident, Moore walked a distance of at least two and a half miles from the scene to the Indiana Toll Road's Middlebury Plaza, according to Capt. Mike Books, head of the county police traffic investigations unit. The accident occured at 11:55 p.m. Aug. 12 along Indiana 120, about 500 feet east of the intersection with County Road 35. Troyer, a junior at Manchester College in North Manchester, Ind., and Miller, a senior at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, had gone to watch a movie in Elkhart and were returning to Middlebury when the accident occurred, according to members of both families. Moore and his friend, Robert Kostes of Brooklyn, N.Y., had attended a wedding reception in Bristol earlier that evening, Books said. The police believe Moore stayed at the Knights Inn Motel in Elkhart and that he was giving Kostes a ride back to a bed-and-breakfast in northeastern Elkhart County. The police do not know how fast Moore was traveling, but a witness, John Nemeth of Goshen, a NIPSCO Inc. repairman who was working nearby, estimates Moore was driving at 70 mph, according to Books. Troyer, the driver of the other car, probably was driving at about 55 mph, Books said. The front-end of Moore's 1884 Nissan 300ZX went under the rear end of Troyer's 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass, thrusting Troyer's rear seat into the front portion of his car and causing it to roll over on to its top. Troyer and Miller probably died almost instantly from severe head and neck injuries, Books said. "I don't think they suffered," Books said. Moore, whose father also is an attorney in Pennsylvania, was arrested about three hours later while he was inside a telephone booth near the toll plaza. Middlebury Police Officer Doug Edlund said Moore did not resist arrest, and Edlung told Moore not to say anything. Edlund added that he did not know whether Moore had made a call from the phone booth. Moore did not say anything after he was read his rights, Books said. A breath test determined Moore's blood alcohol content was .09 percent, slightly below .10 percent, Indiana's legal limit for driving. However, because the test was taken about three hours after the accident, Books said the police believe Moore's blood alcohol content was .13 to .14 percent at the time of the accident. Moore was not injured, and Kostas suffered an arm cut.

Erik was a wonderful brother and is missed by all. Rest in peace, brother.