Police are releasing more information on yesterday’s fatal accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The crash happened just after midnight around mile marker 38—which is less than two miles west of the Butler Valley interchange.
Police say Richard Krupka of Ohio was driving west when he lost control of his vehicle. He hit the center barrier and then his car came to rest around a bend on the highway.
He was then hit by another car on the driver’s side door.
Krupka was taken to a Pittsburgh trauma center where he was pronounced dead.
The westbound lanes were closed for hours in between the Butler and Cranberry turnpike exits.