Man killed in turnpike crash in Somerset
A Cincinnati area man was killed Wednesday when his can hit a parked tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Somerset-Bedford border, state police said.
Justin Drew, 34, of West Chester, Ohio, was driving a 2019 Dodge Caravan eastbound when it went off the road and hit the tractor-trailer parked on the south berm of the toll road in Allegheny Township at about 7:50 a.m., police said. Drew died of blunt force trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, Somerset County Coroner Wallace Miller said.
Joshua Strunk, 25, also of West Chester, who was a passenger in the van, was taken by ambulance to the Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, police said. Information on his condition was not available.
A 26-year-old man inside the tractor was not injured, police said.
State police did not identify the truck driver.
Joe Napsha is a TribLive reporter covering Irwin, North Huntingdon and the Norwin School District. He also writes about business issues. He grew up on Neville Island and has worked at the Trib since the early 1980s. He can be reached at jnapsha@triblive.com.
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