Crime & Safety
Gibsonia Man Charged With DUI After Route 19 Accident
The Northern Regional Police Department supplied this information. It does not indicate a conviction.
Police arrested and charged a 43-year-old Gibsonia man with driving under the influence June 3 after his 2005 Volkswagen Jetta ran into the back of a vehicle, which bumped into another vehicle in a construction zone near Wexford Plaza.
A preliminary hearing for John Direnzo Jr. is set for July 15 before Magisterial District Judge Regis Welsh Jr.
Officers arrested Direnzo at the scene of the crash at 1 a.m. on Route 19/Perry Highway in Pine Township, according to a police report.
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Direnzo ran into the back of a 2010 Kia Soul driven by Paul Stein, 19, of Allison Park, police said. Stein’s vehicle hit the rear of a 2003 Chevrolet Impala driven by Megan Braun, 22, of Pittsburgh, according to police.
A flagman had stopped both vehicles, police said.
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“The highway was an active construction zone at the time of the accident,” the report said.
Direnzo’s Jetta was damaged and was towed, according to the report.
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