The fatal crash happened about 11 p.m. that night at Tylersville and Butler Warren roads.
During a hearing last week, Butler County Common Pleas Judge Greg Stephens Ondreka’s trial for March 7. He is scheduled to be back in court Jan. 17 for another pre-trial hearing.
He is free on bond.
The West Chester Police Department crash report said a 1999 Ford Ranger pickup truck was driving south on Butler Warren and ran the red light, crashing into the side of a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Waespe.
The teen was extracted from the vehicle and transported to West Chester Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Ondreka suffered minor injuries and was not taken to the hospital.
911 callers reported seeing a vehicle run the red light at high speed and crash into the side of another, with two different callers reporting they thought someone had been killed in the crash, one telling dispatchers “I think he’s dead,” and another repeating “He’s dead, he’s dead” before the dispatcher spoke.
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