Slippery Rock Township, PA : Five injured in nine-vehicle crash on Route 422 on Wednesday, 28th November 2018
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Two dozen people and nine vehicles were involved in Wednesday night’s crash that closed several miles of Route 422 in Slippery Rock Township for hours.
Five of those people were hurt, state police said, three seriously. Flown by StatMedevac helicopter to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown with what police called “life-threatening injuries” were Brandon R, Vanscoy, 26, of New Castle; Deborah J. Martell, 67, of New Castle; and Maura H. Criscito, 64, of New Castle.
James V. McKinley, 63, of Dilltown and Michael Sleigher, 44, of Rimersburg, sustained minor injuries, police said, and neither was transported to a hospital.
According to state police, the accident occurred at 4:50 p.m. as McKinley, who was westbound in an International Harvester tractor-trailer, failed to stop for traffic that had been halted by the traffic light at the intersection of Routes 422 and 388. McKinley collided with the rear of Vanscoy’s 2009 Ford F150, starting a chain reaction involving the next five stopped vehicles.
McKinley’s truck then left the south side of the road, striking a parked tractor-trailer before coming to rest against a tree.
An eastbound Subaru Legacy driven by Joshua M. Reese if New Castle was struck, but sustained only minor damage, police said. One unidentified vehicle also was hit, according to police, but fled the scene. Anyone who can identify that vehicle is asked to call state police.
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