PA Fatal Accident

A week ago today, tragedy struck Perry County, Pennsylvania.  A serious Perry County car crash killed one woman and seriously injured two other people.  The crash happened shortly after 10:45 p.m. on Friday August 6 on State Route 850 in Spring Township.

Police report that 30 year old Todd Barnes was driving westbound on State Route 850 when he crossed into the eastbound lane and collided with a car driven by 38 year old Christine Geesaman.  Ms. Geesaman was killed in the crash.  Her passenger, Jody Everson was flown to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center as was the other driver, Todd Barnes.  In the days following the accident, Ms. Everson was reported in critical condition and Mr. Barnes in fair condition.

Pennsylvania State Police from the Newport Barracks are investigating this accident.

A Bradford County crash killed one person and seriously injured two others on Sunday.  The accident occurred on State Route 6 in North Towanda Township.

20 year old Curt Heitmeyer was driving his car on State Route 6 when he lost control and slid off the road.  The car rolled over a few times before stopping.

One of the passengers in the car, 20 year old Jonathan Sperlazzo, died from injuries sustained in the accident.  Mr. Heitmeyer and another passenger were both injured.

Pennsylvania state police are investigating this fatal Pennsylvania car accident.

On Monday afternoon, a Milford car crash killed one woman and injured another.  The accident occurred on Route 663 shortly after 4 p.m.  25 year old Tara L. Golden of Pennsburg was driving southbound when she crossed the center line and crashed into a vehicle driven by 32 year old Chandra L. Bibighaus of Quakertown.

Firefighters had to extricate Ms. Golden from her vehicle.  She was then taken to St. Luke’s Hospital Quakertown where she was declared dead. Ms. Bibighaus is listed in fair condition at St. Luke’s Hospital Bethlehem after this serious accident.

On Monday, a Westmoreland County car accident killed one person and injured three others.  The crash occurred on Route 819 in East Huntingdon Township at around 10:30 p.m. on Monday June 21, 2010.

According to police, the driver of the car lost control and the car flipped over.   18 year old Amanda Mitchell of Scottdale was killed in the accident.  Ms. Mitchell had recently graduated from Southmoreland High School.

The three people injured in the accident included 19 year old Frank Kuhns of Donegal, 19 year old Gregory Reshenberg of Uniontown, and 20 year old Derek Miller of Grindstone.  Mr. Reshenberg was the driver of the vehicle and was released from UPMC Presbyterian Hospital yesterday.  Mr. Miller suffered moderate injuries, and Mr. Kuhns suffered head injuries and is on a ventilator.

Police are still investigating what caused Mr. Reshenberg to lose control of his vehicle.