Driver in fatal wrong-way crash near Uniontown waives case to court

A Carmichaels man who allegedly was intoxicated when he was involved in a wrong-way crash near Uniontown that killed a father and son earlier this year waived all charges to court during his preliminary hearing Wednesday.
Dylan Patrick Healey, 26, waived two felony counts each of homicide by vehicle and aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI related to the Feb. 20 crash on the expressway portion of Route 40 in South Union Township.
State police said Healey had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit to drive while traveling west in the eastbound lanes of the highway before crashing into another vehicle near the Morgantown Road exit.
The two occupants of the other vehicle, Brian Gilchrist, 41, and his 18-year-old, Joshua, died in he crash. The two men, who were from Petersburg, W.Va., apparently were heading home from a concert in Pittsburgh when their vehicle was struck. Healey suffered minor injuries in the crash.
Healey allegedly admitted to state police that he had smoked marijuana earlier in the day and tests showed he had a blood-alcohol level of .207% at the time of the crash, according to court documents.
It was not known where Healey was before the crash or how he entered the highway’s eastbound lanes in the wrong direction. He allegedly told a witness that he had been drinking before the crash, according to court documents.
State police charged Healey on May 25 and troopers arrested him a week later. Healey attended the preliminary hearing Wednesday morning before Magisterial District Judge Ron Haggerty in Fayette County Central Court.
In addition to the felony charges, Healey is also facing two misdemeanor counts of drunken driving and numerous traffic citations. He is free on $2,500 unsecured bond.