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by News Department on 06/07/16Fatal crash in East Brunswick Twp...
A crash Monday afternoon in East Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County claimed the life of a Wayne County man.
State police at Frackville said the 12:56 p.m. accident took place when 76-year-old Joseph G. Dills, from Waymart, was driving east on Route 895 down a small, curved hill and failed to follow a curve. Dills’ vehicle went straight off the road through two lawns before hitting a tree in the front yard of 803 Summer Valley Road.
Dills was pronounced dead at 1:47 p.m.
Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David J. Moylan III said he may have had a medical event before striking the tree.
A virtual autopsy was performed at the Simon Kramer Cancer Institute, New Philadelphia, Monday.
