State Trooper Charged In Deadly Turnpike Accident

Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman has announced that in connection with last month's accident along the turnpike, which resulted in the death of 21-year-old Robin Taneisha Williams.

Initial reports indicate that Searfoss, who was off-duty at the time, was driving his personally-owned pickup truck along the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Upper Dublin, when his vehicle struck the rear of a 1997 Lincoln Town Car, which was occupied by Williams. The impact of the collision caused the Lincoln to burst into flames, and an autopsy would later reveal that Williams died from multiple blunt-force injuries, thermal burns and smoke inhalation, according to an article by Margaret Gibbons on Philly Burbs.

According to a report by NBC10, Searfoss was given a field sobriety test at the scene, and he was later taken into custody, where he was processed for DUI before being released.

Searfoss will be arraigned this afternoon by in Ambler, and afterwards the district attorney will hold a press conference from in Norristown.