EASTON, Pa. – It’s been almost four years since an early-morning crash in Northampton County killed a family of three.<\/p>\n
One judge tossed out the most charges against the New Jersey man accused of causing the wreck on Route 33.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors re-filed the charges, and the accused man is now on trial.<\/p>\n
12 jurors will decide whether 36-year-old Nelson Segura’s alleged impairment is the reason behind the crash that killed Darrell and Alexis Robinson and their 16-year-old daughter Tahlia Robinson.<\/p>\n
Segura is accused of driving under the influence and killing the family from Monroe County, along Route 33 in Bushkill Township, Northampton County in March 2022.<\/p>\n
Nearly four years after the tragic crash, Segura sat inside a Northampton County Courthouse courtroom during day one of proceedings.<\/p>\n
District Attorney Stephen Baratta and Segura’s defense attorney both gave their opening statements.<\/p>\n
The defense attorney said the jury should prepare to hear and see disturbing evidence, calling it a “difficult trial”.<\/p>\n
During the statements, Segura sat with his head buried in his hands.<\/p>\n
According to court paperwork, Segura allegedly slammed his box truck into the family’s Toyota Rav 4 and told police he didn’t have enough time to stop the truck, saying it slid on the road.<\/p>\n
State Police on scene asked Segura if he was distracted and investigators said he told them he “may have looked down for two seconds”, adding that he “doubts it”.<\/p>\n
Investigators said Segura was observed to have bloodshot eyes, acting nervous and repeatedly asked police if he will be charged.<\/p>\n
While searching the truck, police said they found several blunt packages and a marijuana cigar, and a blood test showed THC in his system.<\/p>\n
Segura told police he last smoked marijuana at 8 p.m. the night before and waited before driving, telling officers he was “fine to drive.”\u2003<\/p>\n
The defense said that Segura barely had detectable levels of THC in his system and says it cannot be determined if Segura was impaired at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n
Defense also argued that investigators did not find a lighter in the truck.<\/p>\n
In the coming days, drug recognition experts and experts who will explain the standard procedures to determine impairment are expected to testify.<\/p>\n
Court is expected to resume Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EASTON, Pa. – It’s been almost four years since an early-morning crash in Northampton County killed a family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,31,6290],"class_list":["post-127819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-crime","tag-easton-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}