MENALLEN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — One person is dead and another is injured after a car crashed into a pole in Fayette County early Tuesday morning.
The crash happened around 1:40 a.m. along Route 40 near the Kwik Fill gas station in Menallen Township.
A Fayette County 911 supervisor told Channel 11 that two people were ejected from the car.
The passenger of the vehicle, later identified as 23-year-old Madison Porfilio, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was flown to a hospital. The extent of their injuries is currently unknown.
“Early reporting from the damages on either the vehicle or the signage or the injuries to the occupants, it’s suspected that speed did play a factor,” said Trooper Rocco Gagliardi of Pennsylvania State Police.
Route 40 was shut down for hours but has since reopened.
“I’ve never seen the motor come out of a car and go that far away from it. It was clear across the parking lot over there. It shocked me,” said Travis Musgrave, who lives across the street.
Musgrave told Channel 11 he sees people flying down the road often.
“They rip through here all the time, but the officers are over there at least 3-4 times a week, so I mean, they’re doing what they can,” Musgrave said.
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