A man who was driving a tractor-trailer that veered off Interstate 70 and crashed over an embankment Thursday night in Rostraver was found naked, standing outside his cab by another man who stopped to check on him, authorities said.
Orelbis D. Cruz-Iglesias, 26, of Florida was arrested at Penn Highlands Mon Valley hospital in Washington County, where he was taken by ambulance for minor injuries he suffered in the crash just before 9 p.m. near Findlay Road, according to Trooper Kevin Berkebile of the Belle Vernon station.
Troopers were met at the scene by a man who reported that, when he followed the truck tracks over the embankment to check on the well-being of the driver, Cruz-Iglesias was standing outside the Freightliner tractor-trailer “completely naked.”
State police interviewed Cruz-Iglesias at the hospital, court papers indicate.
Cruz-Iglesias provided police with a false identification and age when a trooper told him the crash was under investigation, authorities say. The trucking company that hired Cruz-Iglesias provided troopers with his correct identification, police reported.
Cruz-Iglesias told troopers he had not consumed any alcohol or contraband, but he failed a field sobriety test administered at the hospital, police say. Cruz-Iglesias consented to a blood draw, Berkebile said.
When police searched the truck’s cab, they recovered a 9 mm handgun Cruz-Iglesias was not permitted to carry, police say.
The wreck happened between mile markers 43 and 44, a Westmoreland County 911 supervisor said.
Cruz-Iglesias is charged with driving under the influence, providing false identification, illegal possession of a firearm and multiple traffic violations.
He was ordered to the county jail on $100,000 bond. He did not have an attorney listed in court documents.
