Fatal crash closes Mon-Fayette Expressway in Fallowfield
At least one person is dead following a two-vehicle crash on the Mon-Fayette Expressway in Washington County early Tuesday morning.
The crash happened shortly before 4:30 a.m. on the toll road in Fallowfield Township just north of the interchange with Interstate 70, according to a Washington County 911 dispatch supervisor.
State police closed the southbound lanes of Route 43 while investigating the crash, and it remained closed four hours later, the dispatcher said.
The Washington County coroner was called to the scene, although information on the deceased was not immediately released.
Two other people were flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment, the dispatcher said. Information on their identities and the severity of their injuries was not immediately released.
Troopers with the state police’s Troop T barracks that patrol Pennsylvania Turnpike toll roads are investigating the crash. Investigators did immediately release information about the crash.
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