Report released in fatal accident
Washington County Coroner Tim Warco has released the cause of death for an 83-year-old Belle Vernon woman who died in a car accident Tuesday in downtown Monessen. Warco said Florence Potega of Mulberry Street, Belle Vernon, died from blunt force trauma to the torso and ruled her death accidental.
The car Potega was operating lost control at a high rate of speed along Pennsylvania Avenue around 8:10 a.m. Tuesday and crashed into a two-story home.
She was pronounced dead at Monongahela Valley Hospital Tuesday at 9:07 a.m.