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LOCK HAVEN -- A Clinton County motorist who killed a father and his unborn child in a wrong-way driving accident has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison.
The sentence imposed Thursday in county court on Dwight L. Meyer, 30, of Lock Haven, was on charges of homicide by vehicle, homicide by vehicle while under the influence and aggravated assault by vehicle.
He pleaded guilty in 2025 to those charges plus driving under the influence and six counts of recklessly endangering another person.
He was placed on two years' probation on the endangering charges. He was fined $1,000 and sentenced to 72 hours to six months on the DUI count. Those sentences are concurrent with the others.
Specially assigned Centre County Senior Judge Pamela A. Ruest directed Meyer to undergo mental health counseling. He may not consume alcohol even in his home.
Meyer's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit at about 6:20 p.m. on April 9, 2025, when he drove the wrong way on Route 220 in the Lock Haven area.
His vehicle collided with one driven by Amanda Geisewite, 29, of Loganton, who was 20 weeks pregnant. Her husband, Evan Geisewite, 29, was a passenger.
Amanda Geisewite suffered serious injuries and was flown to Geisinger Medical Center near Danville where the unborn child was declared deceased.
Her husband experienced trauma arrest at the scene and was transported to UPMC Lock Haven where he was pronounced dead.
Ruest ordered Meyer to pay restitution of $11,992 to Geisewite.
Meyer told a trooper the following during the hospital interview:
He had had a fight with his girlfriend in Castanea and while coming from her residence he took the wrong turn and drove south in the northbound lanes of the four-lane divided highway.
He decided to keep driving in the wrong direction until he reached a crossover for emergency vehicles and did not consider driving on the shoulder as an option.
Police said a dash camera video obtained from another vehicle showed Meyer passed 12 vehicles driving the wrong way before colliding head-on with the Geisewite car, police said.
Meyer admitted to consuming four or five 12-ounce cans of beer and using a vape device he thought contained nicotine not marijuana before driving, the arrest affidavit stated.
Laboratory results showed Meyer's blood alcohol level was .215 percent compared with .08 being the legal limit to drive, police said. Two empty marijuana vape cartridge packages and a vape pen were found in the car, they said.