{"id":142666,"date":"2026-03-19T11:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/142666\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:36:06","slug":"pennsylvania-state-police-report-details-deadly-multi-vehicle-crash-along-i-80-in-mercer-county-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/142666\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania State Police report details deadly multi-vehicle crash along I-80 in Mercer County \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">SHENANGO TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 Pennsylvania State Police are shedding light on a deadly multi-vehicle crash that shut down a stretch of I-80 in Mercer County for hours. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to a report, troopers responded to I-80 westbound, east of Bethel-Wilmington Road in Shenango Township, at 9:38 a.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Per PSP, a pickup truck traveling in the right lane rear-ended a sedan also traveling in the right lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The sedan then struck the rear of a tractor-trailer and became partially stuck underneath. The sedan\u2019s driver was pronounced dead on scene, PSP says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Mercer County Coroner John Libonati says the driver, an adult man, died from blunt force trauma to the head and chest. His death has been ruled accidental, and he has yet to be identified pending notification to next-of-kin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The tractor-trailer and pickup truck\u2019s drivers were taken by ambulance to a local hospital, PSP says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The report identifies the pickup truck\u2019s driver as Carlos A. Valdivia Perez, 26, of Cliffside Park, N.J. 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