Scranton, PA : Fifth person dies after wrong-way crash on Friday January 29 2016

A fifth person has died following a wrong-away crash on a northeastern Pennsylvania interstate, and authorities say more charges are planned in the case.
Bhaveshkumar Patel, 42, “succumbed to his injuries” Friday at a Scranton hospital, state police said. Police added that the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified and “additional charges are pending.”I can’t believe that this tragedy continues to grow,” District Attorney Shane Scanlon told The (Scranton) Times-Tribune. The county coroner’s office said an autopsy would be scheduled.
Police said earlier that a car apparently heading north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 collided with a southbound car early Jan. 23, killing four Scranton residents. Coroner Timothy Rowland identified them as 68-year-old Vinodchandra Patel, 30-year-old Komal Vyas, 29-year-old Shilpa Patel and 32-year-old Ashley Wheeler. Another person was being treated.
Gennadiy Manannikov, 28, of Lake Ariel is charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangering and traffic-related counts. Manannikov is being held in the county prison in lieu of $500,000 bail pending a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Wheeler was a passenger in his vehicle.
State police said in a criminal complaint that a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation vehicle reported almost being hit head-on by the northbound vehicle, and the crew turned around and tried to get the attention of the wrong-way driver. The PennDOT crew reported that the driver “narrowly missed other vehicles several times” and police said a video taken by the workers “demonstrates that the (car) passed nine vehicles in the opposite direction.

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Police: 5th person dies after wrong-way interstate crash