Driver charged after crash kills woman and unborn child on I-99

Driver charged after crash kills woman and unborn child on I-99

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) -- A driver has been charged after a woman and her unborn child died in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 99 in September 2024. Christopher James Saunders, 32 (Centre County Prison) Christopher James Saunders, 32, of Boalsburg, was charged with homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter after a crash on I-99 Sept. 6, 2024, where a pregnant woman died from her injuries. According to the criminal complaint, the c…

Boalsburg Man Charged In Crash That Killed Pregnant Woman

A 32-year-old Boalsburg man has been charged following a lengthy investigation regarding a deadly pileup that happened on I-99 and claimed the life of a Bellefonte woman and her unborn child.  Christopher Saunders is behind bars this morning, accused of causing an accident that took the life of 29-year-old Katharyn Derhammer last September.  The accident happened in Benner Township, Centre County.  Reportedly Saunders was traveling at a high rat…

Boalsburg Man Charged With Homicide by Vehicle for Crash That Killed Pregnant Woman and Her Unborn Child

A Boalsburg man was arrested Friday on charges including homicide by vehicle for the September crash on Interstate 99 that killed a pregnant Bellefonte woman and her unborn son. State police at Rockview wrote in a criminal complaint that Christopher J. Saunders, 32, was driving recklessly at a high rate of speed when he struck a Nissan Rogue driven by 29-year-old Katharyn Derhammer at about 6 p.m. on Sept. 6 near the Shiloh Road overpass in Benn…