Hit-and-run
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the sentence of a truck driver who, while driving under the influence, caused a crash that killed three people and injured many others. The driver fled from the scene of the accident. The court found that under the state’s hit-and-run statute, a driver can only be punished for one violation of the section for the same accident, regardless of the number of people killed.
Read the opinion here.
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