A 9-year-old boy was riding his bike in Pennsylvania when a truck driver ran him over and then continued driving, saying later that he looked back and only saw a pile of rocks, authorities allege.
Thomas Earl Cole, 53, has been charged with vehicular homicide while driving under the influence in the death of 9-year-old Therman Wallace, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show. The defendant also faces charges of accidents involving death or personal injury and DUI.
On Friday at about 5 p.m., Therman was riding a bike in the area of Pennsylvania Avenue and Lacock Street in Rochester, Pennsylvania, a suburb just northwest of Pittsburgh. Cole was also allegedly driving in the area at the time…