BETHEL TWP., Pa. – Authorities have announced an arrest one week after a truck driver was killed in a fatal hit-and-run crash on I-78 in northern Berks County.
Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) obtained an arrest warrant for 25-year-old Ameer Nassar, who was located in Louisiana.
On April 10th, 33-year-old Phillip Daniel Henderson of Bessemer, Florida, was struck and killed by a passing box truck while adjusting the load on his tractor trailer that was pulled to the shoulder of I-78 in Bethel Township.
Police located 25-year-old Ameer Nassar in Louisiana
Berks County Sheriff’s Office
The striking truck failed to stop and then fled the scene. Police say Nassar was the driver of that truck.
PSP investigators traveled to Louisiana and processed the alleged hit-and-run vehicle.
Nassar was transported back to Pennsylvania to face charges of accidents involving injury or death, failure to render aid and related offenses.
PSP was assisted by West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Department and the Louisiana State Police.