10/24/18
by News Department on 10/24/183 Killed in crash...
Three people were killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 209 in Schuylkill Township on Tuesday night.
According to the Republican Herald, the crash occurred around 9 p.m., about a mile west of Tamaqua, when a compact car and full-size pickup truck collided, killing the driver of the truck and two people inside the car.
State police said the car was traveling east toward Tamaqua when the truck exited from a dirt road onto Route 209 and into the car’s path.
A 17-year-old female passenger in the truck was flown to a hospital with serious injuries.
It was the second triple fatal crash on Route 209 in less than a week.
