Driver dies in Connellsville Township crash
A Fayette County man was killed Tuesday night in Connellsville Township when his vehicle caught on fire after a crash.
Police responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash shortly after 10 p.m. on Springfike Pike east of Citro Lane.
Jess Schroyer, 45, of Mill Run, was traveling northbound when he failed to negotiate a left-hand curve and continued off the right side of the roadway, according to a release from Pennsylvania State Police.
Schroyer’s Chevrolet Cruze struck a fallen tree and sheared a utility pole before the vehicle came to rest and caught fire, the release said.
The car was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived.
First responders found Schroyer inside the vehicle, where they determined he had died as a result of the fire, state police said.