WTH? Scruffy looking doc if you ask me.
Posted on 09/05/2008 6:46:47 PM PDT by csvset
PINE TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A doctor is accused of hitting and killing a motorcyclist with his car on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in northern Allegheny County after leading police on a high-speed chase early Thursday morning.
Pennsylvania State Police said the motorcyclist -- Keith Brown, 46, of Green Bay, Wis. -- was struck near mile-marker 33 in Pine Township at about 5 a.m.
Police said the driver who hit the motorcyclist is Shiva Lal Acharya, 33 (pictured below). Trooper Robin Mungo of the Pennsylvania State Police says Lal Acharya, who is a medical doctor from Illinois, ran from the crash scene. Mungo also says Lal Acharya's troubles began hours earlier when Ohio police tried to pull him over for speeding.
"The suspect appeared as though he was going to stop. But after a mile and a half he increased his speed hoping to elude the patrolman. They reached speeds up to 130 mph before the officer called off the 23-mile pursuit at the state line," Mungo said.
Mungo told WTAE the doctor never slowed his BMW down and instead made one bad decision after another, ending with the death of an innocent man.
"It's surprising when anyone leaves a scene. No one should ever leave the scene of a crash no matter what type of degree you have," Mungo said.
But in this case, police said the degree may have mattered because the man who should by law have rendered aid is a man who makes a living saving lives.
Following the crash at about 4:10 a.m., Lal Acharya ran into some nearby woods and was located after 8 a.m. following a search that included several police agencies on the ground and a helicopter above the area, police said. When he was arrested, police say Lal Acharya was wearing shorts, a T-shirt and no shoes, with visible head and leg injuries. He was taken into custody on several charges, including homicide by vehicle, hit and run, leaving the scene of an accident and other traffic violations.
Investigators said Lal Acharya had been on his way to Easton, Pa., for a job interview.
Eastbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike were closed and traffic was detoured until 8:42 a.m. because of the fatal crash.
WTH? Scruffy looking doc if you ask me.
This will not look good on a resume.
Doctor. Yeah RIGHT.
snort!
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He hit the poor chap on the motorcycle and ran from the scene.
Looks like the average intern after a typical “shift” ;-)
What was the name of that couple in Oregon that got busted for selling college degrees over the internet? That’s probably where this “doctor” got his.
Dr. DUh!
And looks like he hasn't shaved in at 24 hours. What kind of a job was he going to interview for?
I don't know of too many doctors that are also felons (in case he is convicted of the charges against him).
Regardless, it shows a serious lack of judgement for someone who holds people's lives in his hands.
Jail, too, but the minimum is to pull the medical license...
Where did he get them fancy ears! They are so cool! I’m going to have mine fixed like that.
He knew darn well that he was involved and was trying to get away. THAT was his hurry. I hope they throw the book at him.
What is it with Beemee drivers?
We just had a fatality on Interstate 83 in southern Pennsylania where a guy from Virginia was going over 110 mph before he bought the farm on a fairly gentle curve. Do they have some illusion of invinciblity or a delusion that because they can afford a luxury car the laws that apply to the little people don’t apply to them?
In the I-83 crash there was no one else involved, thanks be to God.
100 sites from Google - a lot of versions of this story, there’s a Mr. Shiva Lal Acharya in Nepal, looks like a different guy. Doesn’t look like the doctor’s made any other news.
Charge him with murder, and warm up Ol’ Sparky.
He thought he was driving the Aryan Supercar.
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