BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown man is expected to be arraigned in court Tuesday as the alleged driver who struck and killed a Northampton man waiting at an Amherst bus shelter in November.

Peter Sheremeta, 20, faces a host of charges related to the Nov. 6 incident that killed William E. Wanczyk, 55, including motor vehicle homicide and manslaughter while operating under the influence, the Northwestern district attorney’s office said in a statement Monday.

Sheremeta is scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. in Eastern Hampshire District Court. Other charges Sheremeta faces include OUI, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, leaving the scene of a crash resulting in property damage, operating to endanger, operating with a suspended driver’s license and use without authority.

Sheremeta is alleged to have been speeding in a pickup truck when he struck Wanczyk, who was waiting at a bus shelter in front of the post office at 141 North Pleasant St. in Amherst shortly after 9:30 p.m.

The vehicle did not stop after striking Wanczyk and was abandoned north of the crash site, the DA’s office said.

The incident was investigated by Amherst Police and Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.​

Wanczyk, who lived at the Cahill Apartments at 35 Fruit St., was pronounced dead shortly after the crash. He was a former Northampton special police officer and for a brief time worked for the Northampton Fire Department.

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