Expenses in opposition to a Penn Run man have been held for Westmoreland County Frequent Pleas Court docket on Friday throughout a preliminary listening to concerning a visitors accident in December of 2019.
41-year-old Todd Douglas McCoy is accused of being beneath the affect of antidepressant medicine and smoking cessation medication when his pickup truck crashed into the again finish of an SUV, knocking it into one other car that was sitting at a cease signal at Route 22 and Washington Avenue in New Alexandria. The driving force of the stopped car was hospitalized.
Based on the court docket submitting, McCoy confirmed indicators of impairment when interviewed by police and agreed to a blood draw. His lawyer informed the court docket that McCoy had been prescribed the medicines.
McCoy will likely be formally arraigned in September on one felony cost of aggravated assault by car whereas DUI, plus two misdemeanor counts of driving beneath the affect, and 4 abstract visitors offenses. He’s free on recognizance.
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