(Plum Borough, Pa.) Pa Sate Police in Gibsonia have released the identity of the person who was killed in a deadly accident on the Pa turnpike in Plum Borough on Wednesday.
It was originally reported that the driver of the tractor trailer died when in fact the passenger of the truck is who died.
Troopers reported via release that as Shawn McGregor of Brownfield Pa was operating a semi-truck carrying liquid nitrogen east bound at mile marker 54.4 on the Pa turnpike the truck blew a front right tire causing him to lose control of the truck. The truck then struck a guard rail, went through the guard rail and over and embankment bursting into flames. McGregor was able to extricate himself from the vehicle but his passenger David Paull of Uniontown was not able to get out of the vehicle and died on the scene of the accident.
There’s no word on Mc Gregor’s condition at this time as police continue to investigate the accident.