Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on the Gordon Nagle Trail in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
What Happened: A car and a tractor-trailer collided under unknown conditions.
Participants:
- Driver of car
- Driver of tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- One person, vehicle unknown, killed
- One person, vehicle unknown, injured
Details:
On or about Thursday, April 6th, 2021, around 3:30 in the afternoon, an accident between a tractor-trailer and a car left one person dead and sent another to the hospital. Troopers from the PSP said the accident happened along the Gordon Nagle Trail in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Deputies from the Schuylkill County Sheriff’s Office said one as-of-yet unidentified person was killed, and another was injured when a tractor-trailer and a car collided under unspecified circumstances near the intersection with Hillside Road. Police indicated that one of the victims may have been ejected from the vehicle in the crash, while a second person had to be cut free of the wreckage.
According to Google Maps, the Gordon Nagle Trail winds through a rural area in Pottsville, which is about 96 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
Multiple agencies responded to the scene of the accident to assist in the investigation.