SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. — One person was killed in a crash along Morea Road in Mahanoy Township Thursday afternoon.
The Schuylkill County Communications Center told Newswatch 16 that a tractor trailer and a minivan collided on Morea Road near the I-81 on ramp around 3pm.
State Police say the driver of the minivan, 65-year-old Thomas Flaherty, drove off the road and hit a traffic sign before crossing onto oncoming traffic and colliding with the tractor trailer. The coroner pronounced Flaherty dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor trailer suffered a head injury and was taken to the hospital, according to a news release.