Victim in deadly crash in Lawrence County identified

NEW BEAVER BOROUGH, Pa. — The victim in the deadly head-on crash in Lawrence County has been identified.

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Just before noon Tuesday, a car driven by Perry Dubois of Ellwood City traveling north smashed into the front of a flatbed truck carrying a load of bricks on Route 18 in New Beaver, near the intersection with Wilson Circle.

The car ricocheted about 100 yards into a nearby field.

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Dubois was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver of the truck was not injured.

Hazmat crews were called because the truck’s gas tank ruptured.

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