Bill uses auto repair shops to help identify drivers involved in hit-and-run crashes

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This would create a system to alert auto repair shops to be on the lookout for vehicles involved in a hit and run crash that resulted in a victim's serious bodily injury or death.

A hit and run crash that took the life of 8-year-old Jayanna Powell in 2016 when she was walking home from school in Philadelphia inspired her family to ask Williams to introduce this bill, the senator said.

Sen. Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia, speaks about this "Jay alert" bill at the Senate Law & Justice Committee meeting on Tuesday. April 5, 2022 Screenshot from Pa. Senate website She said the owner or operator of a shop may not always be on site at their shop. If in their absence an employee does a repair without checking the alert system, “the owner could be charged with a pretty hefty deal.”

 

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