Hearing Continued for Trooper Accused of Vehicular Homicide

A state trooper from Canonsburg accused of vehicular homicide was originally scheduled to appear in court Friday for a preliminary hearing—but it has been rescheduled for April.

Online court records show that Jeffrey Dalessandro's preliminary hearing was continued to 1:30 p.m. April 12 before a district judge in Erie County.

Dalessandro, 35, of Canonsburg, was charged Feb. 8 by state police in Corry, PA, with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, two counts of DUI, involuntary manslaughter and other offenses following a crash that killed an Edinboro man.

GoErie.com reported that police said Dallesandro was off duty and driving impaired "when his eastbound truck crossed the center line on Route 6 in Union Township at about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday and struck a westbound Chevrolet Blazer driven by 21-year-old Daryl L. Nunemaker. Nunemaker was pronounced dead at the scene."

Dalessandro is a state trooper in Washington, the website reported. He has been employed by the state police for nine years, a police spokesman told GoErie.com.