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22-year-old killed after crashing into coal truck in Indiana County

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WHITE TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- A 22-year-old man is dead after crashing into a coal truck in Indiana County. 

First responders were called to South Sixth Street in White Township for reports of a tree and wires down and a crash at the same location around 5:40 Tuesday morning. 

The coroner said Kohl Michael Beatty was driving south when he hit the back of a tri-axle coal truck that was moving very slowly because of the tree on the road. 

Beatty died at the scene. The coroner said he wasn't wearing a seatbelt during the crash. 

The coroner ruled his cause of death blunt force trauma and the manner an accident. 

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