{"id":72769,"date":"2025-12-29T14:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/72769\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:40:22","slug":"allentown-driver-gets-10-years-for-fatal-dui-crash-that-killed-pedestrian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/72769\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown driver gets 10 years for fatal DUI crash that killed pedestrian"},"content":{"rendered":"

A driver who hit and killed a man in an Allentown crosswalk in 2022<\/a> while driving under the influence will serve up to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n

The sentencing comes after Shaba Xavier Hill, 26, of Allentown pleaded guilty in October to felony vehicular homicide while DUI and misdemeanor DUI of controlled substances.<\/p>\n

Court records show other charges, including felony involuntary manslaughter, another felony vehicular homicide count and misdemeanor reckless endangerment, were withdrawn in the case.<\/p>\n

Hill was sentenced Tuesday by Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas <\/a>Judge Thomas M. Caffrey to serve five to 10 years in prison. <\/p>\n

The Lehigh County District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/a> announced the sentencing last week. Allentown-based attorney Vitaliano P. Bernardino III, representing Hill, couldn\u2019t immediately be reached for comment Monday.<\/p>\n

The crash occurred about 5:47 a.m. on Oct. 30, 2022, at Springhouse Road and Springwood Drive.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Hill was driving an estimated 40 to 50 mph in a 35 mph zone when he struck 77-year-old John C. Nick. Hill had alcohol and evidence of methamphetamine and marijuana in his blood after the accident.<\/p>\n

Investigators found Nick lying in the road \u2014 just north of the pedestrian crosswalk at the intersection of Springwood Drive \u2014 and Hill standing outside his blue Subaru Outback. <\/p>\n

Hill smelled of alcohol and marijuana, police said. He consented to a blood test at the hospital, which showed a blood-alcohol content of 0.144 as well as the presence of methamphetamines and cannabinoids, court records said. Penalties begin for most drivers at a blood alcohol content of 0.08.<\/p>\n

The Lehigh County Coroner\u2019s Office later determined Nick died from multiple blunt force injuries due to the collision. Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio ruled the death accidental.<\/p>\n

Nick was a father and grandfather who worked as a computer operator for ADP Payroll Services, according to his obituary<\/a>. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A driver who hit and killed a man in an Allentown crosswalk in 2022 while driving under the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-72769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72769","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=72769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}