(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported via release today that a seventeen-year-old girl from Monaca was not charged after a two-vehicle crash occurred in Lawrence County on April 1st, 2026. The female driver was traveling on State Route 18 at its intersection with Galilee Road at 2:32 p.m. and it was determined that while attempting to turn left onto State Route 18 from Galilee Road, she proceeded without clearance during a stop. The vehicle of twenty-six-year-old Kayla Amadio of New Castle hit the vehicle of the teenage driver even though she tried to avoid the collision. Amadio hit a guide rail with her vehicle and she was taken to UPMC Jameson Hospital for further evaluation because of an injury with an unknown severity. The teenage driver and her passenger were not injured.