A 66-year-old Avoca woman died Friday from injuries suffered in an automobile accident earlier in the day on Interstate 84 in Jefferson Twp., Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said.
Alice R. Coyle, M.D., died at 4:33 p.m. at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton from multiple traumatic injuries from the crash, which happened at 2:40 p.m. near Mount Cobb, Rowland said.
Coyle (Submitted photo)
The crash occurred as Coyle slowed down at an exit ramp and a truck hit her vehicle from the rear, Rowland said.
Throughout her career in orthopedic medicine, Dr. Coyle was employed by various practices in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Virginia, according to her obituary published Tuesday in The Times-Tribune and The Citizens’ Voice.