A Lansford father was killed while driving his motorcycle to drop off his daughter’s bathing suit Monday afternoon and police have charged the driver who hit him.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by Trooper Peter Krajnak of the Pennsylvania State Police, Lehighton against Jeremy White, 37 of Temple Hills, Maryland:

At 2:07 p.m., Krajnak was dispatched to a two-car vehicle crash that occurred in the area of 205 Stock St. in Nesquehoning.

Borough officers were already on scene.

White, the driver of a blue Hyundai Tucson SUV, was not injured and was inside the Hauto Fire Department nearby.

Krajnak and trooper Mark Bower talked to White, who said that his Maryland driver’s license had expired on March 30.

White said he was traveling west on Stock Street when his vehicle crossed over the double yellow line into the path of a motorcycle driven by Terry Angel Gonzalez, 30, of Lansford, traveling eastbound.

White’s vehicle hit the motorcycle. Gonzalez was thrown from the bike, and he was pronounced dead on scene by a member of the Carbon County Coroner’s Office.

An autopsy was scheduled for noon today, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Gerald Jones.

While speaking with White, Bower and Krajnak saw he had glassy, bloodshot eyes and droopy eyelids.

White agreed to field sobriety tests, which he failed. He refused any other testing.

Bower asked White if he consumed any alcoholic beverages or used any drugs prior to driving, and White said that he drank alcohol and had smoked marijuana the night before.

White’s vehicle had an odor of marijuana emanating from inside and a burned marijuana roach was near the driver’s seat.

Bower asked White to submit to a blood test, but White refused.

Due to the severity of the crash, and based upon his crash investigation, it was Krajnak’s opinion that White was incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle.

A search warrant was applied for and granted for a sample of White’s blood.

White was taken into custody under suspicion of DUI.

White faces charges of homicide by vehicle while DUI; homicide by vehicle; DUI: controlled substance; driving without a license; disregard traffic lane; careless driving; and reckless driving.

He is currently incarcerated in the Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $30,000, 10 percent bail, and is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing July 22 before District Judge Casimir T. Kosciolek of Lansford.

A GoFundMe account has been set up for Gonzalez by Rebecca Houtz and Desirae Berger.

As of press time, $340 of the $25,000 goal has been raised.

Houtz said Gonzalez left behind a fiancee and two young children.

“Please help this family with this grief. He loved his family and everyone close to him and gave everyone anything he could. Please help the family with this tragic accident. RIP TERRY GONZALEZ we all miss and love you.”

Houtz said he was the sole provider for his family.

“We are still all in shock. His children and fiancee are devastated but the bills don’t go away.”