Boy, 11, killed in crash on Pennsylvania turnpike
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say an 11-year-old boy has been killed in a crash between a pickup truck and tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Hayden Ford was killed in a collision Thursday just before 2 p.m. on the turnpike in Mount Pleasant.
Officials say Hayden was riding in the front seat of the pickup when it rear-ended a tractor-trailer. The Connellsville’s native was pronounced dead at the scene.
A person in the tractor-trailer was airlifted to a hospital with unknown injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.