Friday, April 27, 2012

Child dies following two-car accident.

Date: 01/13/2012
Time: Around 1:40 P.M.
Location: Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dodge Spirit, GMC Sierra 1500




By Patty Yauger and J. Miles Layton 

"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.
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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