{"id":261631,"date":"2026-08-08T13:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261631\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:42:14","slug":"coroner-called-to-scene-of-atv-accident-in-clearfield-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261631\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner called to scene of ATV accident in Clearfield County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE |<\/p>\n<p>A Clearfield woman died after a UTV crash Friday in Penn Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police.<\/p>\n<p>Police said there were three people in the UTV when it crashed in the 100 block of Keiser Road.<\/p>\n<p>The occupants were the driver, an unidentified passenger and Jacqueline Smith, 51, of Clearfield.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers said the driver failed to negotiate a left turn, causing the UTV to leave the roadway and strike a tree. <\/p>\n<p>Smith was ejected and died from her injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Police said none of the occupants were wearing seat belts or helmets.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers determined the driver was under the influence and said he will be charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>A court docket for the driver was not yet available Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>(This is a developing story. We will update this story as more information becomes available.)<\/p>\n<p>ORIGINAL |<\/p>\n<p>At least one person has died as a result of an ATV accident in Clearfield County Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>While details are limited at this time, Clearfield County Coroner Kim Shaffer-Snyder confirmed her office was called to the scene on Keiser Road in Penn Township.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said state police is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE | A Clearfield woman died after a UTV crash Friday in Penn Township, according to Pennsylvania State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-261631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}