(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release on Saturday that sixty-six-year-old Edward Papst of Coraopolis was charged after causing a two-vehicle crash in Moon Township on the morning of January 8th, 2026. At 11:11 a.m., Papst was driving on I-376 East and he was merging left onto that road from the I-376 Business Loop. Papst hit the vehicle of fifty-year-old Leslie Shaffer of Shelocta, Pennsylvania when Shaffer was in the right lane. There were no injuries.