Charges dropped against driver accused of crashing into woman at Pa. gas station

Charges have been dropped against a driver who was accused of intentionally crashing into another woman at a Bucks County gas station after video evidence proved her innocence.

Linda Eckert, 64, of Perkasie, Pennsylvania, told NBC10 she was driving in Bucks County back in November 2025 when she noticed another driver near her who was using her phone.

“She was in the left lane going like 20 miles per hour,” Eckert said. “I got in the right lane and went around her and I looked at her like, ‘You’re on your phone.’ And I drove on. That was it.”

Eckert later pulled into the United Gas Station in Upper Southampton Township around 11:30 a.m. that morning. Eckert’s lawyer, Paul Lang, told NBC10 his office obtained video from the gas station showing the other woman kicking his client’s blue car as she was leaving. Lang said the other woman then fell to the ground after kicking the vehicle.

“What happened on that day was that the other individual decided to exhibit a lot of road rage towards my client,” Lang said. “My client drove into the gas station, she drove by the woman and the woman kicked her car.”

Lang sent NBC10 the video as well as a photo showing a footprint on Eckert’s car.

“It took us to preserve the photo of the footprint that was on Linda’s car on that date,” Lang said. “And not once did law enforcement try to preserve that.”

Instead, Eckert was accused of intentionally running the other woman over. Police showed up at her home later that day and took her into custody.

“Pulled into my garage, and they ripped me out of my car,” Eckert said. “And I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ And they said, ‘You’re being arrested.’ I’m like, ‘For what?’ [They said,] ‘For hit-and-run.’”

Eckert was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault by vehicle, simple assault, possession of an instrument of crime with intent, recklessly endangering another person, reckless driving and other related offenses. After the new video evidence was presented, however, those charges were dropped. Though Eckert still received a traffic ticket for failing to use a turn signal.

“It’s very shameful that it took them so long – over a hundred days – for them to come to this conclusion.” Lang said.

Lang is now calling on the Bucks County District Attorney to open a new investigation on how the case was handled.

NBC10 reached out to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office for comment. We have not yet heard back from them.