Overview
- Officials identified the deceased as Austin Golab, 22, of Erie, with the coroner ruling his death accidental due to blunt force trauma to the head and chest.
- The crash occurred Thursday on I-79 northbound just over one mile north of Exit 122 in Jackson Township, Mercer County.
- State police said a stopped semi in the right lane was struck by a second semi, then a third semi hit the second, and the third driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
- One passenger from the second semi was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not specified by authorities.
- The interstate was closed for several hours between the I-80 interchange and Exit 130 before reopening, and the cause of the collision remains under investigation.