Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. says that it could take days to weeks to confirm the identities of the two who died in a crash on Route 22 in West Wheatfield Township yesterday.
That crash was first reported at 8:03 by Indiana County 911 as Clyde, Armagh/East Wheatfield and Blairsville firefighters were sent out for the crash at the intersection with Bowser Road. At a news conference yesterday, State Police Public Information Officer Trooper Danielle Noble said a pickup truck on Bowser Road ran the stop sign at the intersection with Route 22 and was hit by a garbage truck and a tractor trailer. The impact caused both a fire and the garbage truck to overturn.
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In a news release, Overman said that the two in the pickup truck died upon impact. The exact cause of death is pending an autopsy. A portion of 22 was closed for several hours as the State Police Accident Reconstruction and Forensic teams investigated the crash.
