A Carbon County jury found a former Luzerne County attorney guilty of vehicular homicide while driving under the influence in a wrong-way crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that left a man dead.

The jury also found him guilty on five other charges include involuntary manslaughter, simple assault and reckless endangerment.

The jury returned a verdict after just 30 minutes of deliberation Wednesday afternoon.

Carbon County Assistant District Attorney Kara Beck said Joseph Persico, 73, of Shavertown, Luzerne County, was driving with nearly three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system when the fatal collision happened Nov. 6, 2018.

Paul Gerrity, 50, of Scranton, died at the scene, while Persico, who was pinned inside his vehicle, suffered serious injuries in the crash.

A third driver, Pan Tso, provided state police with footage of the crash from the dashcam in his vehicle before being taken to the hospital for injuries he sustained in the crash just before midnight at the Mahoning Valley exit in Parryville.

Beck told a panel of seven women and five men that Gerrity, a turnpike worker on his way home, was killed instantly from the impact as she laid out her case in an opening statement.

The graphic dashcam video of the crash was shown to the jury both on opening day Tuesday and during closing arguments Wednesday.

Persico faces a mandatory minimum sentence of three years. He is scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 30, 2024.

He remains free on bail at this time.

Read the full story in Thursday’s editions.