Driver was going about 90 mph in DUI crash that killed woman, police say

The driver police say caused a deadly crash in West Mifflin last month is facing homicide and DUI charges.

Investigators say Keith Scherba Jr. stole a pickup truck in Pittsburgh before driving recklessly across the city and into West Mifflin, where he allegedly ran a red light and crashed into Shelly Hunter’s SUV on July 11. The charges come nearly one month after the 60-year-old woman — a mother and patient care technician at Jefferson Hospital — was killed.

According to investigators, Scherba stole a Chevrolet Silverado from a business in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood before driving away. Police say he struck another vehicle on the Birmingham Bridge and drove away before stopping on East Carson Street on the city’s South Side…

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