Time: Around 1:40 P.M.
Location: Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Spirit, GMC Sierra 1500
"CONNELLSVILLE TWP. — Two girls were killed and another person
injured on Friday following a two-vehicle accident on Breakneck
Road.Fayette County Coroner Phillip Reilly said that (censored), 12, of Connellsville died in the accident that occurred at
1:40 p.m. on Friday. State police said the other girl, (censored), 14, of
Connellsville, was taken to UMPC/Children’s Hospital. The Allegheny
County Coroner’s office said Darrell was pronounced dead at 3:50
p.m. on Saturday at the hospital. Autopsy results were not
available on Saturday.
The driver of the second vehicle was not injured, according to emergency personnel at the scene. State police have not identified the 66-year-old man from Connellsville. Reilly said (censored) was not ejected from the vehicle, but was trapped inside the car along with her mother and Darrell when emergency personnel arrived. Robbie Leiberger, assistant fire chief of the Connellsville Township Volunteer Fire Department, said it took nearly 20 minutes for the rescue crews to remove them from the car. The investigating officer, state police Trooper Michael Larkin, said the accident remains under investigation. Leiberger said that snow-covered roads likely contributed to the accident. “It was really nasty out there,” he said. Bullskin Township Volunteer Fire Department, Fayette EMS, state police and the Connellsville Township road maintenance crew also responded to the accident."
Reilly said the driver, Victor’s mother, Erica, 41, of
Connellsville was taken to tertiary trauma center at
UPMC/Presbyterian Hospital. A hospital spokesman said she was
discharged on Saturday.
Reilly said Dr. Larry Stept pronounced (censored) dead at
3:06 p.m. on Friday in Highland Hospital. Reilly said based on
reports from the accident, she died as a result of blunt force
trauma with lethal head injuries and pelvic fractures. He said
Victor did not suffer because she was unconscious.
(censored) was not wearing a seat belt, Reilly said. State police reported that Erica Victor’s vehicle, a Dodge
Spirit, lost control on the snow-covered Breakneck Road and crossed
the center line into the northbound lane before it was struck in
the passenger side by the second vehicle, a GMC Sierra.
The driver of the second vehicle was not injured, according to emergency personnel at the scene. State police have not identified the 66-year-old man from Connellsville. Reilly said (censored) was not ejected from the vehicle, but was trapped inside the car along with her mother and Darrell when emergency personnel arrived. Robbie Leiberger, assistant fire chief of the Connellsville Township Volunteer Fire Department, said it took nearly 20 minutes for the rescue crews to remove them from the car. The investigating officer, state police Trooper Michael Larkin, said the accident remains under investigation. Leiberger said that snow-covered roads likely contributed to the accident. “It was really nasty out there,” he said. Bullskin Township Volunteer Fire Department, Fayette EMS, state police and the Connellsville Township road maintenance crew also responded to the accident."
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