{"id":265105,"date":"2026-08-14T06:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265105\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T06:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:12:11","slug":"western-pa-teacher-butler-man-killed-in-crash-third-driver-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265105\/","title":{"rendered":"Western PA teacher, Butler man killed in crash | Third driver charged"},"content":{"rendered":"

Docs: Man admitted to using cocaine, alcohol before crash that killed Pennsylvania teacher, 1 other<\/p>\n

\"RaquelWORTH TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n

A teacher for a Western Pennsylvania school district and a man from Butler were both killed in a crash in Mercer County.<\/p>\n

Sandra Marwick was one of two people killed in a crash involving three vehicles in Worth Township on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

According to authorities, Aric Abrams of Clark Mills was heading north on Sandy Lake-Grove City Road when he drifted into the southbound lane and swiped Marwick’s vehicle.<\/p>\n

After Abrams hit her, he lost control and hit a guide rail. Marwick also lost control and ended up in the northbound lane, where she hit a third vehicle head-on. <\/p>\n

Both Marwick and the driver of the third vehicle, Luke Mulford of Butler, died on the scene.<\/p>\n

Abrams was not injured. <\/p>\n

Authorities say Abrams admitted to using cocaine two nights before the crash and alcohol the night before. He allegedly refused to take a blood test, telling officers there would be drugs in his system, his criminal complaint states. <\/p>\n

Abrams is facing multiple charges including two counts of homicide by vehicle while under the influence and two counts of homicide by vehicle. <\/p>\n

The Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District shared the following statement on their social media pages:<\/p>\n

“It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of one of our teachers, Sandra Marwick who was tragically involved in a car accident yesterday morning on her way to work.<\/p>\n

This is an unimaginable loss for her family, the WSTU program, and all who had the privilege of knowing and working with her. She was a dedicated educator who made a meaningful difference in the lives of our students and colleagues.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts and condolences are with her family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time. Please keep Sandra and her family in your thoughts and prayers.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Docs: Man admitted to using cocaine, alcohol before crash that killed Pennsylvania teacher, 1 other WORTH TOWNSHIP, Pa.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[900,14496,111965,3646,3027,111970,10739,4863,347,1510,457,111966,111969,9520,1405,28,30,29,111967,111971,59149,6967,57991,44902,111968],"class_list":["post-265105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-action-news","tag-alcohol","tag-aric-abrams","tag-authority","tag-butler","tag-butler-man","tag-cocaine","tag-count","tag-crash","tag-family","tag-homicide","tag-luke-mulford","tag-marwick","tag-mercer-county","tag-night","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-sandra-marwick","tag-third-vehicle-head-on","tag-thought","tag-vehicle","tag-vehicle-collision","tag-western-pennsylvania-school-district","tag-worth-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265105","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=265105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}