Marine Killed During Fiery Wreck
IN Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. A fracking water truck crashed his suv,
causing explosion and fire.
01/02/2015 10:27 PM
01/03/2015 12:52 PM
UPDATE:
Springville, Susquehanna County - Pictures obtained by
Eyewitness News show the fiery crash scene at the corner of State Route 29 and
Strickland Hill Road in Springville, Susquehanna County, early Friday evening.
"I heard that one of the big trucks stopped and an
SUV was sandwiched between the two big trucks," Stephanie Purdy, who heard
the crash, said. "They smashed him and caught on fire."
Firefighters told Eyewitness News that two fracking
trucks and an SUV we're stopped on Strickland Hill Road when a water truck
smashed into the back of them, killing the man in the SUV.
Karin Dorman told Eyewitness News the man killed was her
son-in-law, 27-year-old Andrew Stevens. She said he was in town, with his wife
and two children, to be at his sister's wedding.
"He's done tours in Iraq and Afghanistan,"
Dorman said. "He's been an embassy guard in Africa and Canada."
Dorman also told Eyewitness News that road where Stevens
was killed is very dangerous and that there's a wreck in the area almost every
week.
No one else was hurt in the crash.
State Police haven't said if anyone will face any
charges.
ORIGINAL STORY:
State Police are on the scene of a fatal wreck in
Susquehanna County.
It happened just before 430PM off of State Route 29 near
Strickland Hill Road in Springville.
Sources on the scene say 3 trucks and an SUV were
involved.
The driver of the SUV died after the crash.