Bedford —
BEDFORD, Pa. — Two tractor-trailers drivers were killed and two automobile drivers injured in a five-vehicle crash Monday on state Route 56 in Bedford County’s West Saint Clair Township, Pennsylvania State Police said.
The identities of the truck drivers were being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.
Injured in the 6:29 a.m. crash were Nathan Daniel Vogel of Johnstown and Mary A. Kauffman of Osterburg. Their injuries were said to be moderate, police said.
Trooper John Brown reported a 2000 Sterling Truck tractor pulling a trailer was traveling eastbound when it struck the rear bumper of a 1997 Pontiac Grand Am operated by Vogel, pushing the Vogel vehicle into the westbound lane.
The Sterling truck tractor began to roll over onto its driver side and then struck a westbound 2006 International truck and pushed the impacted tanker trailer over the guardrail and down an embankment.
The Sterling rig then struck an eastbound 2003 Suzuki Vitara operated by Stanley Fickes and a 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier operated eastbound by Kauffman, causing extensive damage to both vehicles, police said.
Fickes and a passenger in his vehicle were not injured, police said.
Alum Bank and Bedford volunteer fire departments responded with Alum Bank Ambulance and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
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