Posted on 07/17/2015 10:41:09 AM PDT by RS_Rider
Eric Gonzalez-Huerta might have been responsible for a fatal accident on Route 28 last year, but his conduct was not “directly and substantially linked” to the crime, an Allegheny County judge ruled Friday.
Common Pleas Judge Beth A. Lazzara acquitted Gonzelez-Huerta, 23, of Louisville, Ky. of a third-degree felony charge of accident involving death or injury while not properly licensed, the most serious count he faced.
Lazzara found him guilty of 22 summary counts, including driving without a license, operating a vehicle without insurance and operating a vehicle with unsafe equipment, for which the judge ordered him to pay mandatory fines totaling $1,800.
Gonzalez-Huerta's day-long nonjury trial before Lazzara occurred on Tuesday.
Lazzara said Assistant District Attorney Aaron McKendry “failed to establish a direct link” between Gonzalez-Huerta's conduct and the death of Robert Lofink, 75, of Hampton on Nov. 21, 2014.
Police said Gonzalez-Huerta was hauling construction debris from Ford City to a McKees Rocks landfill when a wheel from his utility trailer detached along Route 28, bounced over the median and crashed through Lofink's car, killing him instantly.
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