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WINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man and a child were killed in a late-night crash in Winfield Township Friday.
According to Pennsylvania state police in Butler County, a Jeep Wrangler was driving north on Winfield Road and was approaching a sharp right curve at the same time a semi-truck was approaching the same curve in the opposite direction.
State police said the Jeep was driving too fast and went into the southbound lane, hitting the semi-truck head-on.
The Jeep came to a rest upside down on the road.
The driver of the Jeep, identified as David Faulx, 65, from Cabot, and a 12-year-old boy from Saxonburg were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the semi had minor injuries.
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