Pittsburgh woman charged for causing a two-vehicle crash in Raccoon Township

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Raccoon Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a woman from Pittsburgh was charged after causing a two-vehicle crash in Raccoon Township on Wednesday. Eighty-two-year-old Francesca Shane was driving on Route 18 and went to 100 Holt Road after making a U-turn onto that road. Shane hit the vehicle of seventy-eight-year-old John Erikson of Shippingport. A utility trailer that was on the vehicle of Erikson hit a tree when Erikson lost control of his vehicle. Erikson had charges withdrawn by police and Shane was charged by them.