3 KILLED AFTER
CAR STRIKES TRACTOR-TRAILER AND CATCHES FIRE ON I-70 IN FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP.
THE CAR WAS HEADING WEST AT HIGH SPEED AND HIT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK.
VAN VOORHIS, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a car struck a
tractor-trailer on a western Pennsylvania interstate and caught fire, killing
all three occupants.
Officials in Washington County said the crash happened
on Interstate 70 in Fallowfield Township shortly after 9:30 p.m. Friday.
Coroner Tim Warco said the car was heading west at high
speed and hit the rear of the westbound truck, then struck the median barrier
and caught fire.
Warco said all three people were pronounced dead at the
scene. The names of the victims weren’t immediately released.