A 14-year-old girl from Penn Run in Indiana County passed away in a crash yesterday on Route 553.
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman, Jr. said that Brittany Eileen Keith was killed in a crash on Route 553 near Route 422 east at 4:47 PM. Overman says that Keith was a backseat passenger of a vehicle that tried to avoid a head-on collision with another vehicle that had crossed the center line and gone into its path. After going off the roadway, Keith’s vehicle hit a tree.
Keith was treated on scene and transported to Indiana Regional Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.
Cherryhill Township Station 240 and State Police from the Indiana barracks assisted at the crash scene. Pine Township and Clymer fire departments supervised the double landing zone.
The cause and manner of death are pending investigation. A news release from State Police is expected later today.
