CARROLL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is dead after a crash where a vehicle caught fire overnight in Washington County.
Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says the crash happened on State Route 481 in Carroll Township sometime before 3 a.m.
He said the driver, Matthew Roth, 21, of Blairsville, lost control of the vehicle while traveling south, hitting a concrete parapet of a bridge at the intersection of State Route 481 and State Route 2023. The vehicle then caught fire.
Warco says 911 was notified of the crash around 3:07 a.m., after a passing motorist came upon the scene. Roth was pronounced dead on scene.
The crash remains under investigation by Carroll Township police.
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