Driver remembers moments before deadly Parkway North crash

OHIO TOWNSHIP, Pa. — One of the survivors of a deadly, multicar crash on the Parkway North gave Channel 11 a firsthand account.

Adam Stasik, 30, was in his pickup truck when he was caught in the crash.

He was headed to work when black soot blanketed his windshield, making it so he couldn't see.

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Moments later, he found himself a part of a five-car crash that he was able to walk away from.

"I am just immersed with black ash, you couldn't see anything," Stasik said. "I tapped on my brakes and then my airbags deployed."

When Stasik got out of the truck, he saw that his pickup, three other vehicles and a dump truck carrying slag dust, had all crashed into one another.

The driver of the dump truck, Bryant Beiter, 64, overturned and went through a guide rail and over a hillside. He died in the crash.

"I imagine I hit him as he was rolling off, he drags me a little bit in the right lane and I kept going until my car stops," Stasik said.

Pennsylvania State Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.

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