A New Jersey driver who once saw the most serious charges against him tossed is now headed to trial in Northampton County in connection with a Route 33 crash that killed three members of a local family in 2022. Prosecutors, who refiled the case after an earlier dismissal, are set to put toxicology numbers and a detailed accident reconstruction in front of a jury on Monday.
The defendant, 36-year-old Nelson Segura of Oak Ridge, N.J., faces multiple counts tied to the March 24, 2022 wreck on PA Route 33.
Route 33 Crash That Killed a Family
The deadly chain of events started shortly before 6:20 a.m. on March 24, 2022, when a box truck slammed into the rear of a Toyota RAV4 that was stopped in the northbound lanes of PA Route 33 in Bushkill Township. State police identified the victims as 16-year-old Tahlia Robinson, 39-year-old Alexis Robinson and 42-year-old Darrell Robinson, all of Blakeslee.
The impact shut down the highway north of the Belfast exit while troopers worked the scene and documented the debris field, as first reported by Daily Voice.
Charges Dismissed and Then Refiled
Prosecutors initially charged Segura with three counts of homicide by vehicle. A magistrate judge dismissed those counts at a preliminary hearing on Nov. 25, 2024, but Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta later refiled them, and a June 30, 2025 preliminary hearing sent the renewed counts on to trial…