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(Lancaster Township, Butler County, Pa.) Pennsylvania State Police have released more details about a head-on crash along Interstate 79 in Lancaster Township, Butler County, that left a New Sewickley Township police corporal Greg Carney and one other person seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon around 4 PM.
State police are reporting that Carney’s SUV Police Cruiser was traveling south on I-79 when he lost control of the vehicle and traveled across the median striking a northbound vehicle that was being driven by a 68-year-old woman from Erie. The impact caused significant damage to both vehicles.
The unnamed woman was flown to UPMC Presbyterian hospital and is currently in stable condition.
Carney was taken by ambulance to Allegheny General Hospital and was treated for his injuries and release.
I-79 northbound remained closed between exits 88 and 96 until 10:45 p.m.