A district judge has ordered that all 14 charges filed against a Nesquehoning man over an off-road crash that killed two people last Aug. 4 be forwarded to trial in Carbon County Court.

The charges are against Richard Mark Matsick, 47, who was the driver of an SUV that struck a tree along Fireline Road in Packer Township, a private, dirt road on the Broad Mountain near Nesquehoning, between 3 and 4:25 a.m.Killed were Rebecca Ann Pilla, 44, a front-seat passenger, and Richard L. Zabroski, 45, a rear-seat passenger, both of Nesquehoning. Zabroski was a former member of the Panther Valley School Board.Seriously injured were Matsick and another rear-seat passenger, Julie Marie Williams, 45, of Nesquehoning.A hearing on the charges was held Monday morning before District Judge Joseph Homanko of Weatherly. Homanko ordered that bail for Matsick be retained at 10 percent of $100,000. He remains in Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of the bail.He faces the following charges:• Two counts of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence.• Aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI.• Two counts of homicide by vehicle.• Aggravated assault by vehicle.• Two counts of DUI.• Two counts of involuntary manslaughter.• Three counts of recklessly endangering another person.• One count of reckless driving.Matsick must appear for court arraignment at the Carbon County District Attorney's Office in Jim Thorpe on May 2.The investigating officers are troopers H. Christopher Bonin and Larry McDaniel of the Hazleton barracks, Troop N, of the Pennsylvania State Police.The troopers allege that the four accident victims met at a bar in Nesquehoning, then decided to go "off-roading."Initially, Pilla drove the vehicle, but then Matsick took over when they left the paved portion of the roadway, according to the affidavit.It is alleged that Matsick was driving at a high rate of speed before the crash.Following the accident, a blood sample was taken from Matsick, and a blood alcohol concentration of 0.094 percent was the result. The maximum legal limit for driving is a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent.In 2003, state lawmakers reduced the legal limit from .10 percent to .08 percent.State police estimate Matsick was traveling between 54 and 63 miles per hour when the accident happened.