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POLICE REPORTS FOR APRIL 19, 2021 By John Smathers
Apr 19, 2021 12:32 PM
A Punxsutawney man died Friday morning in a crash on Route 210 and Valier Road in North Mahoning Township of Indiana County.
According to WCCSRadio.com, Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. said that 81-year-old Ronald Coon was driving north on Route 210 when the vehicle he was driving hit a guide rail head-on. The vehicle went over the guide rail and down an embankment, where it came to rest on the driver’s side in a grassy area.
A witness saw Coon swerve several times before impact. It is believed that Coon may have suffered a medical emergency before the crash. Overman said that alcohol was not a factor in the crash and Coon was not wearing his seat belt at the time.
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ONE DEAD IN CRASH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTY By Hometown2
Apr 17, 2021 7:55 AM
A Punxsutawney man died Friday morning in a crash on Route 210 and Valier Road in North Mahoning Township.
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. said that 81-year-old Ronald Coon was driving north on Route 210 when the vehicle he was driving hit a guide rail head-on. The vehicle went over the guide rail and down an embankment, where it came to rest on the driver’s side in a grassy area.
A witness saw Coon swerve several times before impact. It is believed that Coon may have suffered a medical emergency before the crash. Overman said that alcohol was not a factor in the crash and Coon was not wearing his seatbelt at the time.
State police investigating suspicious death
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
Dashawn Cornellius Green-Brewster, 27, was discovered dead Thursday along Mulligan Hill Road in West Wheatfield Township, authorities said.
A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) employee was inspecting a nearby drain along Mulligan Hill Road when he found what appeared to be a body in a grassy area of the roadway, Trooper Clifford Greenfield said Friday in a news release.
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. pronounced Green-Brewster dead at the scene and subsequently identified him as a resident of Philadelphia.
An autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death was conducted Friday at ForensicDX in Windber. Final results of the autopsy and toxicology are not available due to ongoing examination and investigation.