Driver dies in turnpike accident near Cranberry

May 9, 2012 2:15 pm

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A Butler County man died this morning when he rear-ended a tractor-trailer, which then dragged his vehicle about 300 feet along the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Cranberry.

State police said Anthony Kulesza, 37, of Seven Fields, was speeding east on the turnpike when he hit the tractor-trailer, which was hauling steel.

Mr. Kulesza was not wearing a seatbelt, troopers said.

The truck driver, 38-year-old Mark Schlesselman, of Lima, Ohio, was not injured. State police said no charges will be filed.


First Published February 23, 2012 7:51 am
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