Ambulance dash-cam of fatal Pennsylvania crash. Driver found not guilty of vehicular homicide.
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The driver of a Penn Township, Pennsylvania ambulance has been found not guilty of vehicular homicide in a 2006 crash that killed a man. Jason Fait was found guilty today of careless driving and failure to obey a traffic control device and fined $225. Excerpts from an article on the WTAE-TV website:
“I never intentionally did this,” Jason Fait said outside court. “I spent my entire life trying to save lives, educate the public on safety. It just gives me a new appreciation how just one moment in time can alter anybody’s life.”
Fait, of North Huntingdon, ran a red light at the intersection of Route 130 and South Greengate Road in Hempfield Township, striking another vehicle on the morning of Oct. 30, 2006.
“It proved in our argument that Jason was not trying to deliberately beat the light or run the light or do anything else that was unsafe driving. He missed it,” defense attorney Ken Burkley said.
Fait and a paramedic who was also riding in the ambulance were not hurt, but Frank Scalise Jr., 46, who was on his way to work at Westmoreland County Prison, died a week after the crash.
Police said Fait was not en route to a call during the time of the crash, but had just dropped off a patient at Westmoreland Hospital at about 5:30 a.m. before leaving to return to base in Harrison City.
Police said the ambulance’s warning sirens and lights were not on and it was believed to have been traveling at 40 mph — five mph under the speed limit.
