A Pine Township man was killed early today when his car veered off the road and struck a parked tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Jason Robert Morris, 25, had been driving east on the turnpike at 2:12 a.m. when he lost control of his car in Mount Pleasant, the Westmoreland County coroner's office said.

Mr. Morris became trapped inside his crashed vehicle after it struck the rear of the truck.

He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident, the coroner said.

Mr. Morris was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:15 a.m. by Deputy Coroner John Ackerman.

State police in New Stanton are investigating.