A routine traffic stop in Louisiana resulted in the arrest of a Texas man wanted for a fatal hit-and-run in Pennsylvania.
Around 8:20 a.m. on Tuesday, a West Baton Rouge Parish deputy pulled up a commercial box truck heading westbound on I-10 for traffic offenses. The sheriff’s office identified the driver as Ameer Nassar, 25, of Houston, Texas, who was wanted by Pennsylvania State Police in connection with a Bethel Township hit-and-run crash that killed a 33-year-old man on April 10.
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According to the West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, the truck Nassar was driving at the time of the stop was involved in the crash.
Nassar was arrested and charged as a fugitive. According to authorities, he has since been transferred to the custody of Pennsylvania State Police.
