CB South Grad Killed In Alleged DUI Crash, Driver Charged

NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA — A 27-year-old man has died as a result of injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in New Britain Township, and the driver has been charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, court documents show.

Officials with the Bucks County District Attorney's office have confirmed the victim was Thomas James "T.J." McCarthy. He died Monday, two days after the Feb. 9 crash and was a 2010 Central Bucks South graduate, his obituary said.

Keith Warren Crews III, 26, of Hilltown Township was arrested immediately following the early-morning crash and initially charged with aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI and related offenses. The charges were upgraded following McCarthy's death at Abington-Jefferson Health Hospital.

The crash happened about 2:30 a.m. at Callowhill and Myers roads, where Crews' Volkswagen Jetta was found resting on its passenger side in a wooded area, according to information from the District Attorney's office.

Crews and another person were near the car "yelling incoherently," a probable cause affidavit said. The unconscious passenger was removed from the car and taken to the hospital for treatment.

Crews smelled of alcohol and exhibited slowed speech and movement, authorities allege in the criminal complaint. He told an officer he had been the driver but refused a blood test, the DA's office said. Authorities obtained two vials of his blood after a search warrant.

According to his obituary, McCarthy went on to study at Penn State University after graduating from Central Bucks South. He was an account executive with BP Environment and a Liverpool Soccer fan, his obituary said.

Deputy District Attorney Robert D. James will prosecute the case.

Image of Crews via Bucks Co. DA