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UPDATE: Wilkes-Barre Crash Turns Deadly, Victim Identified

WILKES-BARRE — A man has died after he plowed into a building with his vehicle late Saturday night. It happened on Kidder Street shortly after 10 p.m. The...
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WILKES-BARRE -- A man has died after he plowed into a building with his vehicle late Saturday night.

It happened on Kidder Street shortly after 10 p.m.

The driver, Jaime Avalos, 34, from Central Falls, Rhode Island was thrown from the vehicle and was taken to the hospital where he passed away.

The fire chief tells us Avalos clipped a utility pole, bringing down power lines and plowed into the front of the Lamp Factory.

The stretch of Kidder Street was shut down until Sunday afternoon while crews cleaned up after the deadly crash in Wilkes-Barre.

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