West Springfield man killed, teenage boy injured in construction zone crash in Springfield

GIRARD — A West Springfield man was killed and a teenage boy was injured when a pickup truck they were in crashed in a construction zone in western Erie County early Saturday morning.

The driver of the 1993 Chevrolet Silverado, identified by the Pennsylvania State Police as 42-year-old Kenneth L. Peters Jr., was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened on Saturday at about 3:10 a.m. on Route 5 just east of Route 215 in Springfield Township.

A 17-year-old boy who was a passenger in the truck was taken by ambulance to UPMC Hamot with unknown injuries, troopers reported. Information on the boy's condition was not available Monday.

According to state police, the truck was traveling east on Route 5 when it entered a section of roadway that was closed for construction. The truck hit an excavator, went airborne and overturned, ejecting both occupants, troopers reported.

Authorities said it was unknown if the occupants were wearing seatbelts.

State police are continuing their investigation into the crash.

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