Truck driver gets parole in NBV crash, fire
By Rich Cholodofsky
A Texas truck driver was paroled Wednesday after he was sentenced to serve up to 23 months in jail related to a crash and house fire that damaged a North Belle Vernon home last year.
Nathaniel Smyth, 27, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment and causing property damage for the Nov. 6 crash. Police said he drove his truck into a utility pole that fell on a house and caused a fire that damaged the residence. No one was injured as a result of the crash or fire.
Smyth fled the scene and was arrested a short time later near the Donegal ramp of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to police.
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