Samantha Kalkbrenner.Photo:Gofundme
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Two Pennsylvania men have been charged in connection with a deadly crash that killed a 15-year-old girl and injured four others.
William R. Soliday, 43, and Andrew Voigt, 37, are facing numerous felony charges in connection with the Sept. 20 collision in Dravosburg between a school van and a Volkswagen, which resulted in the death of Samantha Kalkbrenner, a cheerleader at Serra Catholic High School in Pennsylvania.
At a press conference on Thursday, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. alleged the two men were racing each other when the Sept. 20 crash occurred.
“At the point of impact between the vehicle and the van, the vehicle was 90 miles an hour at the point of impact, there are no skid marks,” Zappala Jr. alleged. “These kids are going to school… Driving is a privilege. You do stuff like this. You are a murderer.”
“This is just absolutely an irresponsible act,” he added.
William Soliday.Allegheny County
Allegheny County
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Zappala Jr. said there were five people in the Serra Catholic High School van – the driver and four high school kids, including Kalkbrenner, who died at the scene. “Three of the kids were ejected from the vehicle on impact,” he said.
Voigt, according to authorities, allegedly didn’t stop at the crash site.
“She was the beating heart of her class,” school principal Robert Childs told local CBS affiliateKDKAabout the sophomore after the deadly crash. “The way she treated everyone, the way she was kind to everyone.”
Attorneys for the two men couldn’t be reached for comment.
source: people.com
