DA: Death of drunken walker not homicide
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - June 27, 2008 Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin says 25-year-old
Jennifer Gehringer, of Bethlehem, could not have avoided hitting
Parkland High School gym teacher and former wrestling coach John
Toggas, even if she had been sober.
The prosecutor says Gehringer will be charged with drunken
driving, but not vehicular homicide or manslaughter.
A few hours before his death on April 18, Toggas was arrested
for drunken driving. On the way home, he got out of the car his
wife was driving and suddenly stepped into the lane of travel,
where Gehringer hit him.
