SCRANTON -- The man accused of going the wrong way on Interstate 81 and killing five people faces more charges.
That crash last month is the most recent in a string of wrong-way crashes, and the deadliest.
The driver, Gennadiy Manannikov of Lake Ariel, is now charged in the deaths of his passenger and four other people after driving about eight miles in the wrong direction on the highway.
Manannikov hobbled into the courtroom on crutches. Despite not wearing his seatbelt in the crash last month, he only suffered a broken foot.
Five others lost their lives in the wreck on Interstate 81 near Clarks Summit. Investigators say Manannikov drove his Lincoln for about eight miles going north in the southbound lanes.
We now know Manannikov had marijuana in his system at the time of the crash, as well as a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit.
Investigators also reveal that Manannnikov and his passenger were last seen at the Olde Brook Inn in Spring Brook Township, which would put them close to this highway off-ramp on Moosic Street in Scranton.
That's where another wrong-way driver is accused of getting on I-81 in the wrong direction.
But investigators say they still aren't sure where Manannikov got on the highway.
"There's a gap of substantial time, so I don't know if there was another stop in between," said Lackawanna County District Attorney Shane Scanlon.
Scanlon says they are also waiting for toxicology reports for Ashley Wheeler, Manannikov's passenger who died in the wreck.
"I have to tell you, I'm intrigued as to how a passenger could be in a motor vehicle traveling in the wrong direction and not be screaming and yelling that something's wrong," said Scanlon.
Also killed were Vinochandra Patel, Silpaben Patel, and Komal Vyas.
Bhaveshkumar Patel died later at the hospital.
All were members of Scranton's close-knit Indian community. Their families are seeking civil litigation.
"I don't remember a case like this in Lackawanna County," said civil attorney Chris Caputo. "I was a D.A. for years and I don't remember a case like this that devastated a community like this has. These wonderful people who have just been shocked because of this loss, and we're hoping to get them justice."
"In the last two days we're arraigning two individuals, were addressing six deaths. We talked yesterday about the fear, after seeing both of these crashes, this one the magnitude is how many people are affected and how much loss was caused here," Scanlon added.
Gennadiy Manannikov remains in the Lackawanna County Prison, where he's been since shortly after the crash. Investigators arraigned him on separate homicide charges for each of the five victims who died as a result of that wrong-way crash.