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(Warrendale, Pa.) Pa State Police in Gibsonia are reporting that they were called to the scene of a one vehicle accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the Warrendale Toll Plaza Monday morning, February, 8, 2022 at 8:05 AM.
Upon arriving on the scene and investigating it was learned that 41-year-old Devon Swope of Pittsburgh was driving a 2018 International Harvester Box truck east bound on the turnpike when according to an unnamed witness he missed the split for the EZ-Pass high speed lane and the toll plaza and struck the attenuator that protects the jersey barrier that splits the lanes. Troopers said according to the witness Swope’s vehicle hit the attenuator head on and crushed it. The vehicle’s right front axle then climbed up on the jersey barrier causing the truck to come to a final stop on top of the jersey barrier. Troopers said the witness helped Swope from the vehicle after the accident. Swope was transported to UPMC Cranberry with possible unknown injuries. he was charged by State Police with not driving properly on roadways laned for traffic.