ARONA, Pa. —
Two people have died after a vehicle went off a bridge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Wednesday, according to Westmoreland dispatchers.
The Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office says they were called to the crash around 4:51 p.m. on Interstate 76 near Arona and the Route 136 overpass, in Hempfield Township.
Officials say a passing driver called dispatchers after seeing the crash and the intense flames that followed.
When crews extinguished the flames they discovered two people who had died. Those two people have not been identified.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the crash. The cause and manner of death for the two people who were killed are pending.
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