Conshy Woman Not Guilty In Fatal Accident With Pedestrian

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA — A Conshohocken woman was found not guilty in connection with a fatal crash that left a pedestrian dead in 2018, court documents show.

Leah Cielo, now 33, was charged with vehicular homicide and related counts in connection with the Jan. 31, 2018 incident.

She was convicted on lesser charges of reckless driving, failure to yield the right of way, and obstructed window, documents show, resulting in a fine of $275.

Cielo was driving down Fayette Street at 6:52 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2018 when the victim, Bruce Collins, 80, was crossing the street.

Collins, who was walking with his friend Robert Lindsey, was in the marked crosswalk near 4th Avenue when Cielo struck Collins in her Toyota Camry.

Cielo was going about 32 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone, authorities said. In an interview with authorities, she said that her windshield had fogged up and made it difficult to see.

She added that she would have pulled over but there was a car in the lane next to her, the criminal complaint states. She said she saw Lindsey first, and swerved out of the way and hit the brakes, but when she swerved, she hit Collins.

Police had alleged in their initial complaint that Cielo operated her vehicle in a reckless manner.

Collins was rushed to Lankenau Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:40 a.m. that morning. Lindsey was not harmed.