FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police have confirmed a 22-year-old Beaver County man killed in a crash on the Parkway West was last seen Monday.
A driver passing by saw the wreckage with Rexford Rubenstein's body inside around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
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Family and friends waited near the McClaren Road on-ramp in Findlay Township for news.
"He was just a great guy. I know I wasn't the only one who loved him. His family for sure, and everybody loved him," said Mikaela Lucaric, Rubenstein's classmate at the Community College of Beaver County.
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She remembers a friend who was always there when she needed him and someone who dreamed of owning his own business.
"He had so much passion for what he wanted to do. He always came and talked to me about wanting to start a Mexican food truck," Lucaric said.
Lucaric learned Rubenstein was missing when friends started posting it on Facebook.
"This morning, when I was going back through and I saw his car on the edge of I-376, I just had this sinking feeling inside of me," Lucaric said.
Police said Rubenstein was speeding and his vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, crashing off the road and into a tree.