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Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Couple Heading To Their Wedding

/ CBS Pittsburgh

HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a truck driver has been charged with vehicular homicide in a fiery crash last fall that killed a couple driving to their wedding in Pittsburgh.

Kathryn Schurtz (Photo Credit: Memorial Funeral Home), Joseph Kearney (Photo Credit: Facebook)

State police say 24-year-old Jaspreet Singh Chahal, of Frenso, California, is also charged with reckless endangering and misdemeanors in the Nov. 14 crash on Interstate 78.

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The Reading Eagle reports that police in Berks County allege he was distracted by a cellphone conversation and didn't see traffic stopped ahead of him before striking another vehicle.

Killed were 35-year-old Kathryn Schurtz, of Jersey City, New Jersey, and her fiance, 42-year-old Joseph Kearney.

Court documents don't list an attorney for Chahal. A message could not be left Wednesday at a phone listing for him.

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First published on May 8, 2019 / 2:29 PM EDT

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