Police say they found dozens of empty alcohol bottles and cans in the SUV of a man charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run Wednesday in Monroeville.
Braden Chetsko told police he has a drinking problem, and he’d been drinking and smoking marijuana before work and continued drinking during and after work, according to a criminal complaint.
Chetsko, 22, faces homicide by vehicle charges in connection with the death of 50-year-old James Scandrick, who was struck around 9:20 p.m. on Mosside Boulevard. Police described Scandrick as suffering from “severe trauma,” and he was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later at UPMC East.
Scandrick died of blunt force trauma to the head, neck, trunk, pelvis and extremities, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.
While police were at the accident scene, dispatchers received a 911 call from Chetsko who said he “thinks that he just hit something,” and he’d pulled over at the Twin Fountain Plaza on Monroeville Boulevard, according to the criminal complaint.
Witnesses told police a white SUV had struck Scandrick, and investigators said Chetsko was driving a white Nissan Rogue that, when they arrived, had damage to the hood, fender, windshield and headlight, according to the complaint.
Officers said Chetsko seemed impaired and smelled of alcohol.
In an interview with police, Chetsko said he starting smoking when he woke up Wednesday and then began drinking bottles of Johny Bootleggers, an alcohol mixed to taste like...
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