JULY 23, 2015
PENFIELD, PA
Police
and a coroner were trying to figure out why a 71-year-old man's pickup
truck crossed the center line of a western Pennsylvania highway and
crashed head-on into a SUV, killing himself and both people in the SUV.
Police say 71-year-old William Tyler, of Weedville, was northbound when his 2015 Chevrolet Silverado hit the southbound 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by 50-year-old Jeffery Jacob, of St. Marys on Route 255. That happened Tuesday about 5:30 p.m. in Huston Township, Clearfield County, about 110 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Both men were killed as was Jacob's passenger, his 84-year-old aunt, Ruth Buganza, also of St. Mary's.
State troopers from DuBois and the Clearfield County coroner say Jacob's vehicle burst into flames on impact.
Police say 71-year-old William Tyler, of Weedville, was northbound when his 2015 Chevrolet Silverado hit the southbound 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by 50-year-old Jeffery Jacob, of St. Marys on Route 255. That happened Tuesday about 5:30 p.m. in Huston Township, Clearfield County, about 110 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Both men were killed as was Jacob's passenger, his 84-year-old aunt, Ruth Buganza, also of St. Mary's.
State troopers from DuBois and the Clearfield County coroner say Jacob's vehicle burst into flames on impact.
Elderly drivers cause many accidents. We need to force
drivers to take driving refresher courses every 5 years or more often.
Drivers must also be tested for eye-sight, hearing, drugs, etc. Many thousands
of deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries would be prevented if we do
so. Please remember that a vehicle is a lethal weapon and only a
regularly-trained, capable and fit person should operate it.