A 28-year-old Volant man was killed early Friday after his car collided with a tri-axle tanker truck at the I-79 northbound off-ramp on Lindsay Road in Jackson Township, Butler County. Jackson Township police were called around 12:41 a.m. and found the driver unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities say the cause of the crash is still under investigation.
Immediate details
According to WPXI, the wreck involved two vehicles: a car exiting I-79 northbound and a tri-axle tanker truck traveling west on Lindsay Road. The station reported that the car's driver, a 28-year-old man from Volant, died at the scene. WPXI did not report any additional injuries.
Where it happened
State Route 528, locally known as Lindsay Road, connects I-79 to Evans City and Zelienople. Jackson Township notes that this stretch is state-maintained. The corridor has already been on local officials' radar. A multi-municipal traffic safety effort known as the "Crash Alley" plan is focused on high-crash roads in southwest Butler County.
Investigation ongoing
Jackson Township police have said the cause of the crash remains under investigation and that detectives are working to reconstruct what happened in the moments before impact. Officials have not released further information about the tanker truck, its driver, or whether any charges could follow.
Local context
The fatal collision comes on the heels of other serious crashes in the same general corridor. In February, a 25-vehicle pileup on I-79 in Jackson Township killed one person and injured several others, according to CBS Pittsburgh. Local leaders and planners have been weighing engineering changes and traffic-calming projects in the area while investigators work to determine what led to this latest deadly crash.
