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Medical van driver Scott Weimer, 26, of Altoona, will stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a troubled 13-year-old girl he was transporting to a voluntary mental health commitment in western Pennsylvania earlier this month.

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If true, the allegations represent the ultimate violation: A medical driver transporting a troubled 13-year-old girl on her way to a voluntary mental health commitment stands accused of sexually assaulting the girl, WPXI in Pittsburgh reports.

Now the defendant, Med-Van Transport driver Scott Weimer, 26, of Altoona, will stand trial in the case.

And it is not just the world of a troubled teen against the driver.

WPXI reports that a police officer in Allegheny County saw the vehicle pulled over on a road around 4:30 a.m. and witnessed Weimer and the victim putting on clothing.

All this, as the medical driver was taking the girl from Johnstown Hospital to Southwood Psychiatric Hospital in Upper St. Clair on a voluntary mental health commitment earlier this month, WPXI writes, adding:

According to investigators, Weimer asked police if "he would be in trouble if he had sex with her in the van."

Meanwhile, the girl was described by police as being "lethargic" and "'unable to care for herself" at the time.

After waiving his preliminary hearing Thursday, Weimer will face charges including statutory sexual assault at trial, WPXI reports.