A Leechburg woman died Thursday night after she fell off the back of a pickup truck driven by her boyfriend following an argument, police said.
The woman fell from the truck about 11:30 p.m. when it stopped at the intersection of Wildlife Lodge Road and Route 56, according to investigators. She had been on top of the truck bed’s cover as it drove about 300 yards.
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Michele Kerr, 49, was taken to Allegheny Valley Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
It is unclear what the couple had been arguing about and police said they aren’t sure if Kerr’s boyfriend, 51-year-old James Jenniches, knew she was on the truck. He stayed at the scene.
Jenniches, of Vandergrift, is charged with driving under the influence.
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