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| 50-year-old Regena McCray-Palmer died in the crash |
59-year-old Connie Motley-Wright, from Newark, New Jersey died in the crash
2 dead, 3 injured after SUV crushed by dump truck on Route 202 ramp in East Whiteland Twp. in Pennsylvania
EAST WHITELAND TWP., Pa. (WPVI) --
Pennsylvania State Police say the victims are 50-year-old Regena McCray-Palmer and 59-year-old Connie Motley-Wright, both from Newark, New Jersey.
Three other people in the SUV were injured. The driver of the dump truck was not hurt.
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EAST WHITELAND TWP., Pa. (WPVI) --
Pennsylvania State Police say two people are dead and three more are injured after a 2004 Nissan Pathfinder LE Platinum SUV was crushed by a dump truck that overturned in Chester County, Pa.
Two of the injured are in critical condition. The third person suffered moderate injuries.
The crash happened on the southbound Route 202 ramp to westbound Route 30 bypass in East Whiteland Township around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Chopper 6 was overhead to find multiple rescuers working to free someone from the wreckage.
Heavy equipment was used to upright the dump truck. Firefighters and medics quickly removed a survivor from the Nissan Pathfinder and placed that person in an ambulance.
There was no immediate word on a cause of this crash.
Drivers are encouraged to stay clear of the area.
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A dump truck crushed a passenger SUV
along a busy Chester County ramp Wednesday morning leaving two people
dead, three people hurt and the ramp closed.
The
vehicles collided on the ramp between southbound U.S. Route 202 and
westbound U.S. Route 30 Business in East Whiteland Township just before
10 a.m.
Crews worked to rescue
people trapped in the crushed Nissan Pathfinder under the flipped truck,
Chester County dispatchers said. Two people in the car died while three
others suffered injuries, two critically hurt, state police said. The
dump truck driver wasn't hurt.
Expect traffic trouble in the area as the ramp remained closed past 2 p.m.
The truck appeared to be hauling some sort of gravel. It was unclear where it was headed.