The most serious charges have been refiled against a 41-year-old Allentown man for the May death of another man man who had been standing behind his parked car along Route 22.
Brian Jeffrey Creazzo again has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, recklessly endangering another person and reckless driving for the death of 28-year-old Shane Uttard of Bethlehem Township.
Some of those charges had been dropped in October, but were refiled Friday.
The two-vehicle accident occurred at 3:20 p.m. May 13 in the eastbound lanes of Route 22 in South Whitehall Township, at mile marker 317.4.
Creazzo told police he was returning home from work in Kutztown, on the ramp from Route 309 north to Route 22 east when the accident occurred.
State police at Bethlehem report Creazzo has methadone and opiates in his blood at the time of the accident.
Uttard was standing behind his own car that was parked on the shoulder of Route 22 when Creazzo drove his pick-up truck into him, pinning him between the two vehicles.
Uttard was pronounced dead at the scene by Lehigh County Deputy Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. An autopsy showed Uttard died from multiple blunt force injuries.
Police determined that Creazzo had been driving on the shoulder of the road before striking Uttard.
Creazzo, who resided in the 900 block of Congress Street in Allentown, was jailed in September.
Charges against him, which were dropped without explanation at a preliminary hearing in October, included involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle and recklessly endangering another person. Those charges were reinstated Friday.
Other charges that still stood against Creazzo include not being properly licensed when involved in an accident that caused death, driving under the influence, disregarding traffic lanes, reckless driving and not driving at a safe speed.
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