Northampton,PA : 24-year-old identified as victim in deadly crash with firetruck on may, Friday 26th 2017
Northampton, Pennsylvania
The Northampton County coroner identified a 24-year-old from Lehigh Township as the victim in Friday morning's deadly crash with a firetruck.
Justin Tyler Gnas, 24, of the 3700 block of Mountain View Drive in Danielsville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in Allen Township, Coroner Zachary Lysek said.
Lysek said Gnas died of multiple blunt force trauma and he ruled his death an accident.
The crash happened at 7:09 a.m. in the 4100 block of Cherryville Road, Pennsylvania State Police said.
It happened after Gnas, who was northbound on Cherryville Road in a Mitsubishi, had passed another northbound vehicle by going into the opposite lane, according to state police.
As he tried to move back in to the northbound lane and was still over the double-yellow line, his car collided with the front of a southbound firetruck, state police said.
The truck belonged to the Slatington Volunteer Fire Department and was headed to get maintenance, Lysek said.
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24-year-old identified as victim in deadly crash with firetruck