Victim in fatal wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 identified
A man who died in a wrong-way crash late Tuesday on Interstate 70 in Washington County has been identified.
Chace Johnson, 25, died shortly before midnight on the interstate in Fallowfield Township, according to the Washington County Coroner’s Office.
According to the coroner, he was alone in a vehicle and was seen traveling east in the westbound lanes of I-70.
The vehicle he was driving hit a tractor-trailer and came to rest in the median near Exit 39, according to the coroner’s report.
It was unknown if the driver was wearing a seat belt, the coroner said.
State police were investigating.
DEADLY CRASH | Westbound lanes of I-70 near the Charleroi exit are closed due to a deadly crash. Photojournalist @EHinnebusch captured these photos showing a tractor-trailer & sedan were involved. 911 dispatchers say the coroner was called to the scene. @WTAE pic.twitter.com/83QN6MfpdQ
— Tori Yorgey WTAE (@toriyorgeytv) February 14, 2024
Another person was taken to a hospital, TribLive news partner WTAE reported.
A truck driver’s dash camera captured a video of the vehicle heading the wrong way in the left lane past tractor-trailers before the crash.
The Washington County Coroner says the person who died was driving Eastbound in Westbound lanes before crashing into a semi. We received this video from a viewer who says this was moments before the crash on I-70: @WTAE pic.twitter.com/GSYrCQNGhx
— Tori Yorgey WTAE (@toriyorgeytv) February 14, 2024
The westbound lanes between Exits 40 and 39 had reopened as of about 6 a.m. after having been closed since the crash.
Brian C. Rittmeyer is a TribLive reporter covering news in New Kensington, Arnold and Plum. A Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, Brian has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.
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