Car salesman charged in crash that killed York prison worker
Car salesman charged in crash that killed York prison worker
A Lancaster County car salesman is charged with homicide by vehicle for allegedly causing the death of a York County Prison employee during a test drive in December, according to the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era.
Michael D. Hershey, 48, of Landisville, Lancaster County, had been drinking and had marijuana in his system on Dec. 30 when he got behind the wheel of a sports car so he could show two customers "how it's done," according to his arrest affidavit.
Hershey accelerated to an estimated 80 mph to 100 mph, swerved to miss a truck and crashed, killing a customer who was in the back seat of the car, the newspaper reported.
Jon Christian Jensen, 48, of Leola, died after being thrown from the car on South Colebrook Road in East Hempfield Township, police said. A nurse, he was the administrator of health services at York County Prison, according to the newspaper.
Jensen's son, Tyler Jensen, 20, a college student from Durango, Colo., was injured in the crash, as was Hershey.
Hershey, who worked for Imports of Lancaster County in East Petersburg, also was charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, reckless endangerment and driving at an unsafe speed, according to documents filed Thursday. The car salesman has an arrest record that includes numerous driving violations and two drunken-driving arrests, the Intelligencer/New Era reported.
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