2 Dead After Crash On I-376 In Beaver County
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP (KDKA) -- Two people were killed in a crash on I-376 in Beaver County on Thursday.
It happened just after 1 p.m. near Hopewell Township.
Pennsylvania State Police say 87-year-old Thomas Riggins, of Aliquippa, was traveling eastbound on I-376 in the right-hand lane when he pulled onto the right shoulder and performed a U-turn.
Riggins then proceeded to drive westbound in the left lane of the eastbound side of I-376.
State Police say Riggins crashed into 82-year-old Franklin Eshbaugh, of Monaca, who was traveling eastbound on I-376 on the eastbound side in the left-hand lane.
Both Riggins and Eshbaugh were pronounced dead at the scene.
There were no passengers in either vehicle at the time of the crash.