According to multiple reports, a Mercer County man was killed Wednesday morning when a school van he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer on state Route 488 in Ellwood City.
Peter Ellis, 64, was killed in the accident, said Lawrence County Coroner Rich “R.J.” Johnson.
According to reports, Johnson said the accident occurred around 8:50 a.m. when the van, negotiating a curve in the road, crossed the center line and hit the tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer driver’s name was unavailable early Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the Wurtemberg-Perry Volunteer Fire Department and Ellwood City Fire Department assisted at the scene. The state police is investigating the accident.
The collision occurred in Ellwood City Area School District near Perry Lower Intermediate School, Johnson said, noting that both the van driver and the tractor-trailer driver both had taken that route every day.
Reports advised no students were in the van. The last student had gotten off just before the crash. The driver of the semi-truck was not hurt.
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