Roscoe Man Killed In Wrong-Way Crash

August 28, 2023 2:10 am

ELCO, Pa. — A Roscoe man was killed following a wrong-way crash on Toll Route 43 near Elco early Sunday morning. The Washington County Coroner says 24-year-old Tyler Smith was the operator and sole occupant of a vehicle traveling the wrong way (south in the northbound lanes) on Route 43 near Elco. He reportedly collided with a vehicle traveling north. The incident was reported to Washington County 911 just before 3:00 a.m. Officials say he was transported to the emergency department at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital, and was pronounced dead around 4:00 a.m. Smith’s cause and manner of death are pending an autopsy and further investigation. Brownsville Ambulance and the California Fire Department assisted at the scene. The accident is under investigation by Pennsylvania State Police. There is no word on any other injuries from this incident.