The man accused of driving the vehicle that struck a Park Forest resident on his way home from work was bound over on all charges yesterday at his preliminary hearing.

The Patton Township Police Department identified Jack Chencharik, 38, of Julian, as the driver of the Ford pickup truck that struck Leon Shee Sin, 68, while he was walking home from work at Wegmans, 345 Lowes Blvd.

Sin was found lying on the sidewalk still alive and was later pronounced dead at the Mount Nittany Medical Center.

During the hearing, four people testified, including a borough resident who found Sin alive; an employee at Kentucky Fried Chicken, 2020 N. Atherton St., who administered CPR; Centre County Deputy Coroner Judy Pleskonko; and Patton Township detective Chris Federinko.

Chencharik faces charges of accidents involving death or personal injury and summary offenses of driving with an expired license, failure to stop and render aid, and operating an unregistered motor vehicle.

His attorney, Brian Manchester, said Chencharik did not know he had hit a person until he saw news reports days later.

"Someone who is in an accident only has a duty to stop and render aid ... if he believes he was in an accident with a human being," Manchester said. "He didn't realize that he hit a human being until later."

Manchester said Chendarik feels "terrible" about everything that has happened.

"He got scared, and that happens to people," Manchester said.

Sin family spokesman Laurence Tien said the family is just waiting for the trial to begin.

"It seems like the person feels some degree of remorse," Tien said.

He added that the family will be satisfied with whatever decision the jury makes.

Assistant District Attorney Lance Marshall said Chencharik was not charged with involuntary manslaughter because there is no evidence that he was driving recklessly.

"There's no evidence that he was drunk, speeding or that he violated any motor vehicle codes," he said.

Marshall said Chencharik has admitted to being the driver of the vehicle that struck Sin, but prosecutors lack details of the incident because only two people witnessed it.

"One's dead, and the other's the defendant," he said.

A jury will be chosen in June and the trial will follow two to six weeks afterward, Marshall said.

Patton Township Detective Rich Saupp said police began looking at the surveillance videos from businesses along Atherton Street for possible leads when no new information came forward.

"We went to Sheetz, and it produced a picture that looked similar to the vehicle we were looking for," he said.

Police then went to Chencharik's residence and took pictures of his truck. Photographs of his blue pick-up truck were then released to the media.

"After the pictures were released we started to get more information on the case," Saupp said.

If convicted, Chencharik could spend up to seven years in prison, Marshall said.