A man from central Pennsylvania has been charged with drunken driving and vehicular homicide in a crash that killed a taxicab driver and his passenger last month.

30 year-old Andrew Denezza is also charged with aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence. Charles Kellar, chief of the Harrisburg Police says that Denezza’s blood-alcohol content was above the legal limit. Kellar also stated that Denezza tested positive for marijuana and told officers that he was texting at the time of the crash.

According to the Harrisburg police, Denezza’s car crossed the center line on Harrisburg’s Market Street Bridge shortly before 2:35 a.m. on October 3. He struck a taxi head-on. Taxicab driver Michael Amissah, 34, and passenger Kristin Bowser, 28, were both killed in the crash. Kristin’s husband, 31 year-old Christopher Bower, was injured. Denezza was treated and released.

If you or anyone you know has been injured in an accident, please contact the Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 215-329-3511.