One person has died following a serious crash along Route 28 in Boggs Township, Armstrong County, on Wednesday afternoon. PennDOT officials said in a release that Route 28/66 was closed for hours between the intersections of Route 1027 and Route 1018, and at the intersection with Hoover Road due to a crash.The road reopened just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday after being closed for more than four hours. Sky 4, Pittsburgh’s only news chopper, was over the scene, where a tanker truck could be seen over a hillside along the road. Multiple first responders were on the scene, working to clear the area. The Armstrong County coroner confirmed to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that one person has died as a result of the crash. The victim was later identified as 33-year-old Nathan Brown of Ridgeway, Pennsylvania. In a release, officials said Brown was driving a Chevrolet Equinox when he crossed the center line and hit an oncoming tractor-trailer. Brown became trapped in the driver’s seat of his vehicle and was pronounced dead on the scene. Spencer Baker told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 he was driving behind the Chevy about 20 minutes before the crash.”He was kind of like jerking every so often,” Baker said. Baker said the Chevrolet almost hit his car as he attempted to pass it. “Next thing you know, 20 minutes later, we’re going down the road, and I see him jerk his wheel, the most out of the entire time I seen him, and he hit the fuel tanker. All I saw was big red smoke,” Baker told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Reporter Jordan Cioppa. The witness added that he got out of his car to help get people in the Chevrolet to safety. “I grabbed water, started pouring it on the fire, and then I ran to my car and grabbed a ratchet from my trunk and broke the back window and some dude helped get the kid out,” Baker said. “Then, as soon as that happened, I went to my car and left because there was so much smoke, I was having a hard time breathing.”No other injuries were reported. The crash remains under investigation by Pennsylvania State Police and the Armstrong County Coroner’s Office. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
One person has died following a serious crash along Route 28 in Boggs Township, Armstrong County, on Wednesday afternoon.
PennDOT officials said in a release that Route 28/66 was closed for hours between the intersections of Route 1027 and Route 1018, and at the intersection with Hoover Road due to a crash.
The road reopened just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday after being closed for more than four hours.
Sky 4, Pittsburgh’s only news chopper, was over the scene, where a tanker truck could be seen over a hillside along the road. Multiple first responders were on the scene, working to clear the area.
The Armstrong County coroner confirmed to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that one person has died as a result of the crash. The victim was later identified as 33-year-old Nathan Brown of Ridgeway, Pennsylvania.
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In a release, officials said Brown was driving a Chevrolet Equinox when he crossed the center line and hit an oncoming tractor-trailer. Brown became trapped in the driver’s seat of his vehicle and was pronounced dead on the scene.
Spencer Baker told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 he was driving behind the Chevy about 20 minutes before the crash.
“He was kind of like jerking every so often,” Baker said.
Baker said the Chevrolet almost hit his car as he attempted to pass it.
“Next thing you know, 20 minutes later, we’re going down the road, and I see him jerk his wheel, the most out of the entire time I seen him, and he hit the fuel tanker. All I saw was big red smoke,” Baker told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Reporter Jordan Cioppa.
The witness added that he got out of his car to help get people in the Chevrolet to safety.
“I grabbed water, started pouring it on the fire, and then I ran to my car and grabbed a ratchet from my trunk and broke the back window and some dude helped get the kid out,” Baker said. “Then, as soon as that happened, I went to my car and left because there was so much smoke, I was having a hard time breathing.”
No other injuries were reported.
The crash remains under investigation by Pennsylvania State Police and the Armstrong County Coroner’s Office.
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