The suspect was badly burned in the accident.
Bethlehem Township police expect the driver in a fiery crash that killed three passengers to surrender soon on vehicular homicide charges.
Terrell Barclay, 27, of Orange, New Jersey, was seriously injured in the crash and never considered a flight risk despite police indicating on Friday that he had not been located at the time the warrant for his arrest was issued.
He is facing 16 charges, including three counts of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, following the 1:22 a.m. May 6 crash in the 1800 block of Willow Park Road in the township.
Barclay since Friday has agreed with authorities to surrender by mid-week in Bethlehem Township, Inspector Tony Stevens said Monday. A family member is expected to drive him to district court for an arraignment.
Barclay allegedly crashed a rented 2015 Chrysler 200 into three parked vehicles. Witnesses saw Barclay emerge from the sedan on fire and run across the street.
Killed in the crash were Amanda Martin, 26, of New Ringgold, Schuylkill County; Ashlee Mosher, 29, of Easton; and Joshua Edwards, 28, of Easton.
Blood testing put Barclay's blood-alcohol content 90 minutes after the crash at 0.19; penalties begin for most drivers at a BAC of 0.08. He allegedly also had THC, the intoxicant in marijuana, in his system.
Barclay was driving while his New Jersey and Pennsylvania licenses were both suspended, police said. A .40-caliber Taurus Millennium handgun found in the road where Barclay had exited the burning car was later identified as having been stolen from Plainfield Township.
Barclay, the lone survivor in the crash, had been hospitalized in a medically-induced coma at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Salisbury Township just after the crash until July 27. He then was transferred to the Easton Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Police on Friday charged Barclay and put out a warrant for his arrest, but said in announcing the charges that they were still trying to find him.
Bethlehem Township's top cop on Monday said there may have been some public uncertainty on Friday over whether Barclay was on the lam.
"I think that it came out differently on Friday because it was not our intent to locate him on Friday," police Chief Dan Pancoast said. "The intent was to locate him (Monday). We had a good idea where he was. We were confident he wasn't going to run and that no specific effort would have to be needed to locate him."
Barclay stayed at the rehab center until about two weeks ago when he was discharged and returned to his Orange home. Police kept tabs on him then and continue to check in with Barclay and his family, said Stevens, the inspector.
"We knew when he left and the district attorney was aware of it," Pancoast said.
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What took so long?
Why didn't authorities charge Barclay before he left the hospital or rehab center?
Stevens says the investigation wasn't complete when Barclay was transferred from Lehigh Valley Hospital's burn unit to the rehab center. Bethlehem Township police were still working with Pennsylvania State Police and the Northampton County District Attorney's Office to collect evidence to charge Barclay.
"He did nothing wrong leaving the facility and the hospital did nothing wrong," Stevens said.
Among the evidence needed was an accident reconstruction, drug/toxicology results from the lab, as well as a decision from Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli.
"It didn't come together until Thursday (Sept. 8)," Pancoast said.
Morganelli echoed that charging Barclay before he left the hospital would have been premature.
"Charges were filed at the right time -- when the investigation was complete," he said. "If we do it before, (the) clock starts ticking against the state and we get rushed. No need to move fast on a case like this when the defendant was in a coma and and we had not had a chance to talk with him. (It's) not like he is a serial killer -- he was substantially incapacitated."
Morganelli added once charges are filed, a "speedy trial rule" starts and police can't sit by for months still investigating.
"That is why we like to be sure all is done before we charge -- typically in accident cases we wait because it takes months for accident reconstruction to be complete," the district attorney said.
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No 'flight risk'
Authorities say Barclay has been fully cooperative and they don't believe he'll be a "flight risk." That is despite Barclay being uncooperative at the crash scene and trying to leave, court records had indicated.
When asked why police don't just arrest Barclay in New Jersey and take him to Pennsylvania, Stevens said Monday, "Considering his medical condition, we felt it's best if he turns himself in. He's been cooperative, but if that changes and we have to go that route, we can."
Barclay is horribly disfigured, being burned nearly from head to toe, Bethlehem Township police Sgt. Rick Blake said.
"We'll know (what condition he is in) when we see him," Pancoast added. "His injuries were significant, requiring the medically-induced coma. He's nowhere near full recovery at this time."
It's unclear if Barclay will be able to provide any testimony remembering what occurred the morning of the crash or the night before. Pancoast said Stevens conducted an interview with Barclay about a month ago; Stevens declined to go into specifics.
"I don't recall anything in the statement that is going to be helpful," Pancoast said.
Also interviewed were Barclay's family members, including an uncle who is a lieutenant with the Newark Police Department. The police officer assured township police Barclay would surrender.
"There was some concern we might not know where he is and that was not the case," Pancoast said.
Reporter Tony Rhodin contributed to this report.
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