John Leck Jr., the Levittown man who authorities say drove the wrong way on I-95 and killed a Philadelphia police officer, was charged Tuesday with third-degree murder.
Leck, 47, who was being held without bail, was driving south on northbound I-95 at 3:15 a.m. Sunday when his Audi A6 collided with a police motorcycle being ridden by Officer Brian Lorenzo, 48, just south of Cottman Avenue.
Lorenzo, a 23-year veteran of the force who was assigned to the elite Highway Patrol Unit, was pronounced dead at the scene. Leck was taken to Aria Health-Torresdale Campus, where he was still hospitalized Tuesday in stable condition.
