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Motorist Taylor A. Berkey, 26, of 108 S. Main St., Picture Rocks has been charged with felony endangering the welfare of a child and related offenses following a one-car crash at Route 220 and Beaver Lake Road in Wolf Township that injured his passenger son, a minor, according to state police. Upon arriving on the scene about 5:40 p.m. on Oct. 28, a trooper interviewed Berkey, who was also hurt, in the back of an ambulance.
"His eyes were glassy and bloodshot, and his speech was thick and slurred," it was written in an affidavit. "Berkey admitted to having three to four shots" of rum before getting behind the wheel of his 2008 Subaru Forester which crashed into a utility pole and a chain link fence, police said. His BAC was .18, police said. While Berkey was taken to UPMC Williamsport, his son was taken to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, for treatment of "suspected minor injuries," police said. Berkey has also been charged with recklessly endangering, DUI plus six summary violations. Arraigned before District Kirsten Gardner, Berkey was released on $25,000 bail.