Monessen, PA : Woman dies in Hempfield crash on Friday, 23rd March 2018

A woman was killed Friday afternoon when she lost control of her minivan and collided into an oncoming sport utility vehicle on Mt. Pleasant Road in Hempfield, state police at Greensburg said.

The victim, Randi Jo Clair, 53, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by the Westmoreland County Coroner, police said. Police did not reveal Clair's hometown.

Clair was driving southbound on Mt. Pleasant Road when her minivan went onto the east berm and then traveled into the northbound lane, hitting a vehicle driven by Edward Klimek, 78. The two vehicles involved in the crash came to rest against an embankment along the road.

Klimek and a passenger in his SUV, Judith Klimek, 76, were transported by ambulance to Allegheny Health Network Forbes Hospital in Monroeville. Both Klimeks sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police said Clair was not wearing a seat belt when the crash occurred, about one-half mile from the University of Pittsburgh ­­— Greensburg campus.

Firefighters from Hempfield Company No. 2 and South Greensburg responded to the crash.

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Woman dies in Hempfield crash