Two people hurt in Thursday’s I-70 crash
Two people were injured in a crash Thursday morning on Interstate 70 eastbound just near West Alexander that blocked the highway for much of the day in Donegal Township.
State police said a pickup truck driven by Michael E. Turk, 31, of Wheeling, W.Va., was going east in the right lane of the highway after just crossing into Pennsylvania from West Virginia about 9:45 a.m.
A tractor-trailer driven by Robert Everly II, 59, of Cumberland, Md., was going east and moved into the left lane to pass Turk’s truck. Turk slowed to move to the left so he could make an illegal U-turn at the turnaround marked for emergency vehicles, police said.
The front bumper of the tractor-trailer hit Turk’s truck which continued east before coming to rest partially in the median and on the highway.
Police said Everly swerved right but hit the rear of the pickup truck. As he tried to go back to the left lane, he lost control of his rig which flipped onto the passenger side in the right lane.
Turk and Delbert Lupton, 40, of Baker, W.Va., a passenger in Everly’s rig, were injured and taken to Wheeling Hospital for treatment.
Turk will be cited by state police for failing to stay in his lane.