SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. — A man has been charged after a deadly crash in Schuylkill County.
State police say Rodney Rivers, 46, of Youngstown, Ohio, was traveling north at a high rate of speed on Sunbury Road in Cass Township Friday night while attempting to pass multiple vehicles.
Troopers say Rivers failed to negotiate a right-hand curve and hit another vehicle head-on. The driver of that vehicle, Elizabeth Ryan, 65, of Pottsville, died as a result. Two children, a 5-year-old and an 8-year-old, were also injured in the crash; there is no word on their conditions.
Rivers faces homicide by vehicle and aggravated assault by vehicle charges. He remains locked up in Schuylkill County.
